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After the revolution the united states received a vast ammont of land.

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Geography:1. Northern geography not as suitable for agriculture (farming) as southern colonies
A. Poor soil (rocky)
B. Short growing season
2. The southern colonies were made up of mostly coastal plains and piedmont areas.
Soil was good for farming
Climate was warm
Flat land.

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When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, most of the population of the united states lived within 50-100 miles of the Atlantic ocean.

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The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803. The United States paid $15 million dollars (about a quarter of a billion dollars in today’s dollars) for approximately 827,000 square miles of land.

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-Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the U.S. Corps of Discovery on an historic expedition across the western lands of North America in the early 1800s.

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Before the journey began,President Jefferson sent Lewis to Philadelphia to study map making, botany, and medicine with some of the leading scientists of the day. By October 1803, Lewis and Clark set up Camp Dubois near the east bank of the A Mississippi River, where they trained volunteers and stocked up on supplies.

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In March 1806, the expedition prepared to make the return journey. In July, Lewis and Clark divided into two groups: Lewis followed the Missouri River and Clark took a group to explore the Yellowstone River.

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After the expedition, Lewis was named governor of the Louisiana Territory. He planned to publish the journals from the trip, but had trouble completing them. Just three years later, Lewis died.

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A significant push toward the west coast of North America began in the 1810s. It was called man Manifest Destiny.Federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise. Pioneers traveled to Oregon and California using a network of trails leading west.

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Britain owned canda. The British and America governments.1815

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It was an negotiation, President negotiated to divided oregan into two parts.1816

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It was an war. florida cession from spain then they negotited.1819

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The compromise divided the lands of the Louisiona purchase into two parts.

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A boundarry dispute arose between the united states it was an war.

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After Texas thretaend to become a territory of britan

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A war fought over the rights to Texas. After the war, the United States paid Mexico $15 million for land that would later become Califorina, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, utah and parts of several others states.

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One problem was slavery the natherners became more hostile, over slaver, states rights and westward expansion.

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The Gadsden Purchase represented the last parcel of land acquired by the United States to complete the 48 mainland states. The transaction with Mexico was controversial, and it intensified the simmering conflict over enslavement and helped to inflame the regional differences that eventually led to the Civil War

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The United States government agrees to help fund a railroad from California to Missouri.

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Homestead Act on May 20, 1862. On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman made the first claim under the Act, which gave citizens or future citizens up to 160 acres of public land provided they live on it, improve it, and pay a small registration fee.