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Besides land, what did the United States gain from expansion? (USE THE MAP ABOVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE GAINED) Use information from the maps and the lesson in your response. Use complete sentences.

Besides land, what did the United States gain from expansion? (USE THE MAP ABOVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE GAINED) Use information from the maps and the lesson in your class=

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On a positive side, the US gained:

  • gold,
  • coal,
  • oil,
  • innovative ideas from the Mexicans,
  • new products,
  • new crops.
  • US citizens became wealthy in Mexico's lost territory.

On the negative side, they gained:

  • a large bill from Mexico demanding they pay for their losses from the Native American raids.
  • violent arguments whether to allow slavery in new territories
  • US could not build railroads because the land was not mountain free.

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