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westward 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 Britain. |
California(and the southwest) | Added after a war with Mexico. |
Louisiana purchase | Bought from France by Thomas Jefferson. |
why move west> | Population growth in the eastern states,Availability of cheap and fertile land,economic opportunity,logging,farming,freedom.Cheaper and faster transportation,Knowledge of overland trails,Belief in the right if ¨Manifest Destiny¨. |
Manifest Destiny | idea that expansion was for the good of the country and the right of the country. |
Popular Sovereignty | the idea people could decide for themselves whether or not to have slavery (by voting). |
Cotton Gin | (Eli Whitney) Increased the production the production of cotton and increased the need for slave labor. |
Reaper | (Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson-a slave) Increased the productivity of the American Farmer. |
Steamboat | (Robert Fulton)provided faster river transportation that connected plantations in the south with industries in the north. |
Steam locomotive | faster land transportation. |