WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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New Markets, inexpensive farmland, gold
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religious persecution, spreading faith
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security and spreading of democracy
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Growth in U.S. economy increased demand for (and value of) farmland, ranches, and furs; the cotton gin increased the area in which cotton could be grown profitably; the discovery of gold in California attracted 80, 000 people in1849. Cheap land so that families could farm for themselves.
Detailed explanation-2: -Manifest Destiny was a key component of American economic growth due to the territorial expansionism it advocated. It was a widely held belief in the US throughout the mid-late 19th century that its settlers were destined to expand across North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -Manifest Destiny inflamed sectional tensions over slavery, which ultimately led to the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The philosophy drove 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion and was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans and other groups from their homes. The rapid expansion of the United States intensified the issue of slavery as new states were added to the Union, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.