Which invention significantly increased cotton production by making it easier to separate seeds from cotton fibers?

What impact did the completion of the transcontinental railroad have on westward expansion?

Which term is used to describe the concentration of wealth and power among a small number of plantation owners?

What was the relationship between cotton production and the international trade system during the early 1800s?

What was one significant environmental impact of westward expansion?

What social reform movement found increased support in the North as a response to the expansion of the Cotton South?

What was the main economic activity promoted by the influx of settlers to California during the Gold Rush?

What was the name of the economic system that developed in the South, centered around plantation agriculture?

The expansion of cotton cultivation led to the establishment of which crucial economic entities?

What was a common experience for many settlers moving west?