WHAT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR AMERICANS TO MOVE WEST DURING THE 1800S?

THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE WAS BOUGHT IN 1803 FROM THE FRENCH BY THE U.S.

LEWIS AN CLARK SET OUT IN 1803 FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES

THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO WEST FOR LAND AND GOLD

THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR WAS BECAUSE THE U.S. WAS TAKING LAND FROM MEXICO

ANDREW JACKSON SIGNED THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT THAT FORCED INDIANS OFF THEIR LAND

AMERICANS BENEFITED BECAUSE THEY HAD WAY MORE LAND

THE NATIVE AMERICANS. THEY WERE KILLED AND FORCED OFF THEIR LAND