In 1825, the (a)   Canal was built to connect New York City to Buffalo (also in New York). This gave people access to travel and settle around the Great Lakes region.

The method of transportation people started using more than canals in the 1830s was the (a)   .

​ (a)   and the US disagreed on the boundaries of the ​ (b)   Purchase and the ownership of ​ (c)   . Meanwhile, pirates and runaway slaves used Spanish-held East Florida as a refuge. In addition, the ​ (d)   of East Florida raided white settlements in ​ (e)   to reclaim lost lands.

In 1817, President Monroe ordered General (a)   to stop the Seminole raids, but not to confront the Spanish. Jackson followed the Seminoles into Spanish territory and then claimed the Floridas for the United States. *(Before "he" was President)

Monroe ordered Jackson to withdraw but gave Spain a choice. It could either police the Floridas or turn them over to the United States. In the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, Spain handed​ (a)   to the United States and gave up claims to the ​​ (b)   Country.

In the (a)   , wealth was based on manufacturing and trade.

Southerners were relying on cotton, farming and (a)   .

Sectionalism became a major issue when Missouri applied for statehood in 1817. People living in Missouri wanted to allow slavery in their state. At the time, the United States consisted of 11 slave states and 11 free states. Adding Missouri as a slave state would upset the (a)   . The question of Missouri soon divided the nation.

For months, the nation argued over admitting Missouri as a slave state or a free state. Debate raged in Congress over a proposal to ___ _______ in Missouri.

(a)