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title: "How did Jefferson use the power of the federal government to encourage westward expansion?"  
description: "How did Jefferson use the power of the federal government to encourage westward expansion?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-04-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41296/how-did-jefferson-use-the-power-of-the-federal-government-to-encourage-westward-expansion  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["african american history and movements"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did Jefferson use the power of the federal government to encourage westward expansion?

How did Jefferson use the [power](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34728/the-chandrapur-super-thermal-power-station-cstps-is-located-in-which-state) of the [federal government](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41815/what-2-things-did-the-federal-government-do-to-encourage-railroad-construction) to [encourage](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11812/4-ways-to-encourage-friendships-at-work) westward [expansion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35156/this-famous-arch-contains-the-name-of-the-city-it-is-located-in-and-is-also-known-as-the-jefferson-national-expansion-memorial-in-which-city-is-this-monument-located)?


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