MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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Mexicans and American Indians were offered the poorest jobs.
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the new settlers fought many wars against Apaches and other American Indians.
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the american forced American Indians onto reservations.
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all of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Land, mining, and improved transportation by rail brought settlers to the American West during the Gilded Age.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gold rush and mining opportunities (silver in Nevada) The opportunity to work in the cattle industry; to be a “cowboy” Faster travel to the West by railroad; availability of supplies due to the railroad. The opportunity to own land cheaply under the Homestead Act.
Detailed explanation-3: -The railroads provided the efficient, relatively cheap transportation that made both farming and milling profitable. They also carried the foodstuffs and other products that the men and women living on the single-crop bonanza farms needed to live.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although the “Wild West” is a time period generally defined from 1865 to 1895, there are many events that shaped the American West as a region from ancient times up to 1916.