The Role Of Opportunity In The United States

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Opportunity is all over the U.S because we have a lot of jobs and we also have college to go to. What really helped us was the growth of the young nation was what gave all this opportunity.

The economic growth was about goods that were produced by hand they were now produced by a machine. They made the cotton gin so they can clean cotton faster instead of doing it by hand. They used the cotton gin to their advantage because it could clean cotton faster they could plant more cotton for clothes. They made a plow reaper so they could plow the fields faster so they can plant goods faster.

The growth of their geography they purchased land from Louisiana so they can expand their opportunities and new jobs. People are looking for cheap land so they

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