WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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The South Pass went around the peaks. It shortened traveling time.
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The South Pass went through the peaks. It shortened traveling time.
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The South Pass went south of the peaks. It shortened traveling time.
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The South Pass went north of the peaks. It shortened traveling time.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As settlers and homesteaders moved westward to improve the land given to them through the Homestead Act, they faced a difficult and often insurmountable challenge. The land was difficult to farm, there were few building materials, and harsh weather, insects, and inexperience led to frequent setbacks.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on a two-year journey to document the newly purchased Louisiana Territory. On the way to the Pacific, they collected information on plants, animals, and about some of the Native American nations living in the area.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over the next seventy years, the United States expanded to the Pacific Ocean and acquired more than two million square miles of contiguous territory through land purchases, treaties, and war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pioneers and settlers moved out west for different reasons. Some of them wanted to claim free land for ranching and farming from the government through the Homestead Act. Others came to California during the gold rush to strike it rich. Even others, such as the Mormons, moved west to avoid persecution.