WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Question
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Which of the following are reasons for the increase in westward expansion after the Civil War?
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Desire for Adventure
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Advances in Technology
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Opportunities for land ownership
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Former slaves desired a new beginning
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Possibility of getting wealth due to the discovery of Gold and Silver
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Signed into law by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, the Homestead Act encouraged westward migration and settlement by providing 160-acre tracts of land west of the Mississippi at little cost, in return for a promise to improve the land.
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.
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