WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Lack of food and water
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Bear attacks
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Disease
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Harsh weather
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Railroads led to the discovery of profitable minerals. Railroads brought more people to the East Coast. Railroads brought more people to the East Coast. Railroads allowed farmers to sell their goods in distant markets.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sandstorms were common crossing the plains. Also thunder storms, flooding or droughts could put a party in danger. Wagon trains could also be hit by disease. Cholera or typhus could strike and affected families would be left behind so as to not to spread the disease.
Detailed explanation-4: -The expansion of the United States into the territory west of the Mississippi River began with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. President Thomas Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the nation by negotiating a price of $15 million to purchase 828, 800 square miles from France, including all or part of 14 current states.