Study these two maps and answer the questions that follow.
Describe events that explain the border differences between these maps. 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 information from the maps and the lesson in your response. Use complete sentences.

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Answer to the first question: The map with the whole country shows the distribution of gold,coal and oil minerals and the other map shows the expansion of the USA, clearly due to the riches found in these areas,as most of them, are located in the West.

Answer to the second question: Besides land, the second map shows that the United states gained resources such as coal, oil, and gold.