The Louisiana Purchase.
Louisiana Purchase
Because it opened the Mississippi river to American traffic.
they were closer to the Mississippi river
they were closer to the Mississippi river
Great American desert.
Great American desert.
this area will be the bread basket of the new world
one on the 1900 presidents opend it in Mississippi
The early settlers called the grasslands between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains the "Great Plains" because of the vast flat expanses of grassland that characterized the region.
Mississippi River
they left