How did trade promote United States territorial growth?

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David Drayer
Aug 23, 2016

The cotton trade encouraged the expansion of the United States to get more territory to grow cotton.

Explanation:

The invention of the cotton gin made it possible to grow short hair cotton profitably in territories where cotton had not been profitable to grow previously.

The cotton trade caused cotton growers in the south to expand to more territories The territories of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas were acquired quickly to grow more cotton.

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