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Western Expansion
Question | Answer |
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Florida | Spain gave to the US through a treaty |
Texas | Added after it had been an independent republic |
Oregon | Divided by the US and Britian |
California | Addeded after a war with Mexico |
Louisiana Purchase | Bought from France by Thomas Jefforson |
Why People Moved West | 1.Population growth in the east 2.Cheap, Fertile land 3.Econmoic Logging, farming, freedom 4. Cheaper and faster transpotion 5.Knoledge of over land trails 6.Belife in Manifest destiny |
Manifest Destiny | The belife in expanding the US to both sides of the country |
Popular Sovereignty | The idea of voting for things wanted |
Cotton Gin | Eli Whitney increase the production of cotton and made slaves in higher needs |
Reaper | Cyrus Mc Cormick and Jo Anderson (slave) |
Steam Boat | Improved By Robert Fulton Made for faster trasnportation |
Steam Locomotive | Faster Land Travel |