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13 Cards in this Set
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Louisiana Purchase |
Jefferson bought land from France it doubled the size of America. |
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Florida 1819 |
Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty. |
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Texas 1845 |
Texas was added after it became an independent Republic. |
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Oregon 1846 |
The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain. |
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California 1848 |
War with Mexico resulted in California and the Southwest territory becoming part of the United States. |
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Manifest Destiny |
Population growth in the eastern states, availability of cheap fertile land, economic opportunity, cheaper and faster transportation, knowledge of over land trails, belief in the of manifest destiny. |
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Lewis and Clark Expedition |
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase. |
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Inventor |
A person who is the first to think or make something. |
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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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Cotton Gin |
The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney to increase the production of cotton. |
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Steamboat |
The Steamboat was improved by Entrepreneur Robert Fulton it provided faster river transportation. |
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Steam Locomotive |
The Steam Locomotive provided faster land transportation. |
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Reaper |
Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper |
