THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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religious freedom
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factory jobs
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political freedom
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free land
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Detailed explanation-1: -Various conditions urged settlers westward. The Civil War had displaced thousands of farmers, former slaves, and other workers. Eastern farmland was increasingly costly, certainly for many African Americans or for impoverished immigrants. Failed entrepreneurs sought a second chance in a new location.
Detailed explanation-2: -The sparsely populated western regions of the continent became folded into a nation with enormous potential for power. The hundreds of thousands of settlers who moved west established new communities. New territories gave the country access to greater natural resources and the Pacific trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which innovation had the GREATEST impact on westward migration immediately after the American Civil War? transcontinental railroad.
Detailed explanation-4: -Land, mining, and improved transportation by rail brought settlers to the American West during the Gilded Age.