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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.
The definition of the West changed from 1800 to 1860 because of the rapid expansion of US territories. The far reaches of the West went from Kentucky to California in this time period.
Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
The government encouraged railroad expansion by giving the companies building the transcontinental railways, a two-mile stretch of land either side of the railroad. Some of the companies profits came from selling this land.
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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.
The definition of the West changed from 1800 to 1860 because of the rapid expansion of US territories. The far reaches of the West went from Kentucky to California in this time period.
The construction of railroads in the West enabled faster and less expensive travel to settlers.
because people liked them people saw that it was possible to live in the west.
the government supported settlement of the great plans by passing the homestead act in 1862.
Westward expansion was a natural progression for the nation because it became apparent that most of the major cities in the east were getting overcrowded. To encourage people to move west, there were free land giveaway programs initiated.
Some inventions that helped were the railroad, barbed wire, and the telegraph.
The best reason for people to move west in the 1800's was to start a new life.
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Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
Simion West was an Illinois state senator in the 1800's
With the expansion of the western territories, the concept of the term â??westâ?? became much broader between 1800-1860. Following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the Texas annexation in 1845, the Oregon country, the Mexican cessation and the Gadsden Purchase, the boundaries seemed endless.