Why did the tenant farmers described in John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” believe that the land was theirs? A. They and their ancestors had been born on the land and worked it for years.
B. They had legal documentation from years before to support their claim.
C. They felt that since they were the first to claim it, the land was rightfully theirs.
D. They had bought it from the Indians who owned it originally.