MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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Why did the U.S. want to expand westward?
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For more room to work
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For more room to farm
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For more room to build homes
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Gold rush and mining opportunities (silver in Nevada) The opportunity to work in the cattle industry; to be a “cowboy” Faster travel to the West by railroad; availability of supplies due to the railroad. The opportunity to own land cheaply under the Homestead Act.
Detailed explanation-2: -The expansion of the United States into the territory west of the Mississippi River began with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. President Thomas Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the nation by negotiating a price of $15 million to purchase 828, 800 square miles from France, including all or part of 14 current states.
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