WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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It improved the strength of wagons as they crossed the rugged Rocky Mountains.
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It allowed many settlers to live in and farm the Great Plains.
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t allowed settlers to mine for gold in the Rocky Mountains.
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It increased the speeds with which travelers could cross the Great Plains.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the invention of the steel plow impact the settlement of the western territories? It made it too expensive to move west, and most people could not afford to settle in the area. It made it possible to farm the land in the Great Plains, opening up the area for settlement.
Detailed explanation-2: -The daily life of people living on the frontier was filled with hard work and difficulties. Once a farmer cleared the land, built a cabin and a barn, and planted his crops, he still had a lot of chores that needed to be done each day. In order to survive, the entire family needed to work.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Barbed-wire fencing provided a way to protect crops from wild animals and herds of grazing cattle and sheep.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.