History of the United States

Basic systems needed to support society such as roads and water supply. Apex

The goal was to keep a political balance between slave states and free states.

The Missouri Compromise was necessary for deciding the status of the enormous territory added to the USA by the Louisiana Purchase. It was needed to determine which new states would be slave-states, and which ones would be free soil.

Conflict between slave owners and people who wanted slavery to end - APEX

Animals could pull wagons of goods farther and faster.

They could be built almost anywhere. (apex)

The Democratic Party

He was unsure if the purchase was allowed by the constitution.

The earliest railroads did not have a locomotive- there were several that were built using gravity and mules to moves cars on a track. Among the earliest that actually used a locomotive was the Granite Railway in Quincy Mass (1826). It was 3 miles long, and used to move granite stone from a quarry.

The working class

The steam engine

Thomas Jefferson

Americans did not feel connected to the whole country.

Missouri & Maine. APEX.

high tariffs.

The completion of the Erie Canal allowed for faster and cheaper travel to the Midwest.

Answer this question It gave the United States resources that would help it in conflicts with other nations…

He needed money to pay for a war with Britain.

Improvements in iron and steel production

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What Before the 1800s the size of cities were limited by

Made Napoleon willing to sell the Louisiana Territory. (apex)

Farmers and businesses being unable to pay back money borrowed from banks. -Apex