<span>Factors contributing to the west ward expansion of the United States include the discovery of gold, the Homestead Act, and the desire for adventure, land and riches. The answers are the third, fourth and fifth statements among the choices that you have included or posted.</span>
The pointy things that hang down from the cave's ceiling are stalactites. (A)
The pointy things that grow up from the cave's floor are stalagmites.
(I imagine wearing shorts and hiking through tall grass in the Summer, and I say to myself "When the Mites go up, the Tights have to come down.".)
