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Westerd Expansion
Why did It happen
Question | Answer |
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What where the five reason for westward expansion? | land, gold and silver, freedom, railroad, and adventure |
_______ _________ were built in a MATTER OF DAYS. | Boom towns |
Possibility of ___(1)_____ created by the discovery of (2)_______ and _____(3)____. | 1.wealth 2.gold 3.silver |
A new __________ for former enslaved __________ Americans. | begging, African |
Opportunities for land ____________. | ownership |
The ____________ ______ gave _____ acres of free land to settlers agreeing to stay there ___ years. | Homestead Act, 160, 5 |
Technological advances, including the ______________ ____________. | Transcontinental Railroad |