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| What territorial acquisition doubled the size of the country? |
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| The eastern boundary of this territory is the Mississippi River |
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| Jefferson bought the land from France |
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| How was the Louisiana Purchase acquired? |
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| Lewis and Clark began their expedition in this territory |
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| Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty after paying $5 million of Spanish debt. |
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| How was Florida acquired? |
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| The United States and Mexico agreed upon the sale of this small piece of territory. |
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| The belief that expansion was good for the country and was the right of the country to expand west. |
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| It was "cheap" and "fertile" land |
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| what two things about land in the west influenced people to move there? |
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| Yes it was. Overcrowding and lack of good productive farm land was an issue that influenced people to move west. |
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| Was population growth in the East a factor in people moving west? Why or why not? |
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| Oregon Trail(towards the NW) and Santa Fe Trail (towards the SW) |
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| Two major overland trails that allowed people to move west |
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| canals- especially the Erie Canal |
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| Man made waterways that helped people move west. |
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| What was the final goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? |
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| Lewis and Clark explored this river on the Western side of the Continental Divide |
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| What are large regions of land that were added to the United states? It begins with a T. |
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| What invention by Eli Whitney INCREASED the need for slave labor. |
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| The southern part of this territory was acquired in a treaty with Great Britain. The northern boundary is the 49th parallel |
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| What invention made travel on land faster? |
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| What invention by Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson increased farm production of wheat? |
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| What invention helped bring crops from the South to markets and factories in the North on the rivers of America? |
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| Who was the entrepreneur who first was able to use the steamboat successfully in a business. |
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| Was Cyrus McCormick an inventor, an entrepreneur or both? |
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| entrepreneur: A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit |
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| inventor: A person who is the first to think of or make something |
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