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Three factors that encouraged western migration in the early 19th century were the availability of cheap land through the Homestead Act, the promise of economic opportunities in agriculture and industry, and the belief in Manifest Destiny, the idea that it was the United States' destiny to expand westward.
It enabled the united states to expand across the continent.It enable the united states to expand across the continent.
Following the Civil War industry began to expand westward thanks mostly to the new transcontinental railroad that was recently built. The railroad was part of a period of industrialization.
The United States goverment want to expand their powers overseas because they didn't have gunpower over seas they only had it on seas.
Geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations.
The production era stretched from the end of the Civil War until the 1920s. The focus of the time period was to expand industrialization and making of consumer goods.
providing land grants and subsidies to the railroad companies. This incentivized them to expand their networks into the western regions of the United States, connecting the east coast with the west coast and facilitating economic growth and development.
The railroads allowed businesses to expand and a lot of new jobs were created. This caused a huge influx of immigrants to enter the country seeking work and new opportunities. From 1870 to 1916, the population of the United States more than doubled.