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westward expansion
Term | Definition |
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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 |
Californa( and the southest) | Added after a war with Mexico |
Louisiana Purchase | Bought from France by Thomas Jefferson |
Why people moved west | 1. Population in the eastern states 2.Availability of cheap, fertile land 3.Economic opportunity, logging,farming,freedom 4.Cheaper and faster transpirtation 5.Knowledge of overland trails 6.belief in the right of manifest destiny |
Manifest Destiny | idea that expansion was for the good of the country andthe right of the country |
Popular Sovereignty | The idea people could decide for themselves wether or not to have slavery (by voting) |
Inventions | 1. Cottin Gin=(Eli Whitey) Increased theproduction of cotton and increased need for slave labor 2.Reaper=(Cryus McCormick & Jo Anderson- a slave)Increased the productivity of the american farmer 3. Steamboat=(Robert Fulton) provided faster river transpo |
3. Steamboat=(Robert Fulton) provided faster river transportation that cnnected plantations in the south with industries in the north 4.Steam Locomotives= Faster land transportation |