The fur trade was the major money source for the French in North America
There was a lot of opposition to black people leaving the south because the white planter class did not want to lose their cheap labor if the blacks migrated westwards. They even went to the extent of closing the Mississippi River and intimidating to sink boats carrying the African Americans
Answer:
3. Expands the U.S. from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean
Explanation:
In the 1800s, many hoped for a better life farther west. Exciting images persuaded people to make the tough journey. The painting “American Progress” is one example. It supports the idea of Manifest Destiny, a phrase first written in 1845 by journalist John L. O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan believed that God wanted Americans to expand their nation to the Pacific Ocean. Manifest Destiny means Obvious Purpose. Even though O'Sullivan wrote Manifest Destiny, the idea was already in existence.
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