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What caused westward expansion in the United States?
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| February 28, 2008
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Posted on 02/28/2008 3:21:48 PM PST by decimon
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:21:49 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
What caused westward expansion in the United States?< high-pitched, smarmy liberal voice >Everyone knows that it was caused by the imperialist caucasians of European extraction and their desire to rape Mother Gaia and to subjugate and murder the peaceful, non-confrontational Native Americans who only wanted to coexist with their neighbors and live in harmony with the biosphere!< /voice>
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:29:37 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
To: decimon
Civil war vets were offered land out West. That is how some of my people wound up in the Washington Territory.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:32:51 PM PST
by
passionfruit
(When illegals become legal, even they won't do work American's won't do)
To: decimon
What caused westward expansion in the United States? In the 1970s it was color television images of the warmth and sunshine at the Rose Parade every January 1st.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:34:18 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(When you choose the lesser of two evils, you still have evil.)
To: decimon
My ancestors started their westward trek before the Revolutionary War and didn’t stop until they found Texas in the 1820’s. None of us have left since.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:35:38 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: uglybiker
< high-pitched, smarmy liberal voice >Everyone knows that it was caused by the imperialist caucasians of European extraction and their desire to rape Mother Gaia and to subjugate and murder the peaceful, non-confrontational Native Americans who only wanted to coexist with their neighbors and live in harmony with the biosphere!< /voice>I thought it was Disneyland but that explanation seems more complete.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:35:44 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
...What caused westward expansion in the United States? New York.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:37:33 PM PST
by
SGCOS
To: Ditter
My ancestors started their westward trek before the Revolutionary War and didnt stop until they found Texas in the 1820s.Not to be smartarsed but just factual, it sounds as though they kept moving out of what was the United States.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:38:25 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
They kept running away from the federal guberment.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:39:54 PM PST
by
american_ranger
(Never ever use DirecTV)
To: decimon
Too many furriners from Europe invading the East coast pushing us out!
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:40:27 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Only infidel blood can quench Muslim thirst-- Abdul-Jalil Nazeer al-Karouri)
To: decimon
To: uglybiker
< high-pitched, smarmy liberal voice >Everyone knows that it was caused by the imperialist caucasians of European extraction and their desire to rape Mother Gaia and to subjugate and murder the peaceful, non-confrontational Native Americans who only wanted to coexist with their neighbors and live in harmony with the biosphere!< /voice> While all true, it was the evil gun that made it possible. If it wasn't for guns we would all be able to live together in peace and harmony.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:43:13 PM PST
by
D Rider
To: american_ranger
They kept running away from the federal guberment.The guber was not yet so uber but I can believe that some were drawn to what was a nearly uncontrolled land.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:43:56 PM PST
by
decimon
To: uglybiker
The earth rotates to the east so naturally anything not nailed down will move in a westerly direction. Simple.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:44:38 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: decimon
Did anybody ever say that population growth
wasn't a factor?
Clearly, if you didn't have a growing population you wouldn't have seen that kind of rapid expansion.
And if you didn't have open land, there also wouldn't have been anywhere to expand to.
So it doesn't seem like the most productive question to ask.
Perhaps more interesting after all these years is the Fogel thesis:
Fogel's first major study involving cliometrics was Railroads and American Economic Growth: Essays in Econometric History (1964). This tract sought to quantify railroads' contribution to U.S. economic growth in the nineteenth century. Its argument and method were each rebuttals to a long line of non-numeric historical arguments that had ascribed much to railroads without rigorous reference to economic data. Examining transportation costs for primary and secondary goods, Fogel compared the actual 1890 economy to a hypothetical 1890 economy in which transportation infrastructure was limited to wagons, canals and rivers. The difference in cost (or "social savings") attributable to railroads was negligible - about 1%.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:45:01 PM PST
by
x
To: decimon
Got sick of too much government in their lives (probably 1% of what we have to put up with these days) and moved to where it was less "civilized"? Certainly wasn't for the topography.
Wish that damned ocean weren't there so we could do the same thing today.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:45:06 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: decimon
My family stayed in the South. We had no ambition.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:45:09 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: decimon
“What caused westward expansion in the United States?”
Because going east was pretty much a non-starter.
Duh.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:45:39 PM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
(Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
To: uglybiker
< high-pitched, smarmy liberal voice >Everyone knows that it was caused by the imperialist caucasians of European extraction and their desire to rape Mother Gaia and to subjugate and murder the peaceful, non-confrontational Native Americans who only wanted to coexist with their neighbors and live in harmony with the biosphere!< /voice>That reminds me! I haven't done any raping or subjugating in almost a week! Wondered why I felt a little down.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:47:29 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Conspiracy Guy
My family stayed in the South.That's cuz you folk had the Gores to keep things warm.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:49:29 PM PST
by
decimon
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