Question

3. During the early 1800s, US territory ____.

a) expanded
b) shrank
c) was divided

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is A. It expanded.

Explanation:

The United States was expanded and explored in many ways during the first and subsequent decades of the 1800s. We bought territory from the French in the Louisiana Purchase, make roads for pioneers to reach the Mississippi River, then sent explorers with Indian guides to breech the passes of the Rocky Mountains and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 2

It expanded as explorers found more land and explored