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4. 1 Name five geographic and economic factors that influenced or promoted westward movement in the United States.

5. 1 Cheaper and faster transportation, Overland trails, Manifest Destiny, Population growth in the east, California Gold Rush, Cheap and fertile land, Economic opportunity, and Freedom for runaway slaves Home

6. 2 Who invented the cotton gin?

7. 2 Eli Whitney

8. 3 Name the two men who worked to invent the reaper.

9. 3 Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick

10. 4 In the first half of the 1800s, which technology provided faster land transportation?

11. 4 Steam locomotive

12. 5 What was the effect of the reaper on farming?

13. 5 Increased productivity

14. 6 Name the slave who helped to develop the reaper.

15. 6 Jo Anderson

16. 7 What was the effect of the cotton gin on farming?

17. 7 Increased productivity

18. 8 What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery?

19. 8 Increased the need for slavery (to cultivate and pick cotton)

20. 9 What were abolitionists opposed to?

21. 9 Slavery