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How did government and railroads encourage settlement of the west?
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The government continued to pass laws to encourage people to settle the West, while the railroads made transportation from the east to the west faster and more convenient.
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Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
What act gave free public land out west encourage settlement?
the homestead act
Identify the ways in which the railroad encouraged Western settlement?
Railroads in the United States allowed for better transportation to all areas in the western part of the USA. Better often meant faster & safer. Some cost savings were expected by both civilians and the Federal government. The socalled "West" was opened up significantly by the transcontinental railroad of 1869.
Which ordinance sold government land in the west to encourge settlement?
The Land Ordinance of 1785
How did railroads change the landscape of the west?
Railroads could transport cattle from the west, so farmers did not feel the need to move west. Which affected Western migration.Railroads played a key role. Trains carried natural resources from the west to eastern markets. Trains also brought miners, farmers, and ranchers to develop the land.
How did government try to encourage settlement to west?
the government supported settlement of the great plans by passing the homestead act in 1862.
This mode of transportation greatly increased settlement to the west?
railroads
Which modes of transportation most affected the settlement of the west?
railroads
Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
What development in the mid 1800s helped encourage The American expansion to the west?
The construction of railroads in the West enabled faster and less expensive travel to settlers.
Why did the federal government provide land grants to companies to build railroads west?
It was because they needed railroads so they could of transport stuff that they needed from the west.
Which factor greatly increased the settlement and development of the great plains after the civil war?
construction of railroads west of mississippi
Which factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the war?
the construction of railroads west of the Mississippi because railroads connected eastern markets to western farms.
Which factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?
the construction of railroads west of the Mississippi because railroads connected eastern markets to western farms.
Which factor contributed most directly to the plains settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?
the construction of railroads west of the Mississippi because railroads connected eastern markets to western farms.
What exaples best illustrates the positive effect of railroads on settlement in the west?
between 1864 and 1896, ten western territories became states.
What transportation developments opened the West to settlement and trade between 1790 and 1830?
Turnpikes and canals, but not railroads yet (RRs were developed after 1830)
