Why do you think the federal government was better suited than state governments to manage westward expansion?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached we can say the following.

I think the federal government was better suited than state governments to manage westward expansion because as the federal government it was, it had more resources, power, strategy, and definition on how to do that settlement expansion into the newly acquired territories after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.

The evidence to support my reasoning is that it was precisely Thomas Jefferson, the President of the United States, the one who ordered the Lewis and Clark Expedition in order to explore the western territories. After the expedition was over, Merriweather Lewis went to Washington to debrief the President with his final results.

That is when Jefferson authorized the westward expansion to settle the new lands and make them work t make a profit that benefited the American families and the government through taxes.

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.