Question 1
Native American populations were devastated by all but the following events:
◦ Wars.
◦ Forced relocations with the ability to settle any westward land.
◦ Destruction of game.
◦ Diseases.
Question 2
The South supported western expansion and slavery because:
◦ The West could provide them with more land and they could enslave the indigenous people for labor.
◦ They needed more land and labor for textile factories.
◦ These issues were less controversial than immigration.
◦ The invention of the cotton gin made cotton profitable and slavery a profitable from of labor.