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Why did settlers from Europe and the East move to the Great Plains?
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∙ 8y ago
- Land agents for American railroad companies traveled Europe with pamphlets proclaiming "Land for the Landless! Homes for the Homeless!"
- The railroads sold land around the new rails to settlers, so that those settlers would have access to transportation for their goods.
- The Homestead Act of 1862 offered 160 acres of land free to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years.
- In America there was no aristocracy.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y ago- Many Europeans like the Swedes wanted to leave their homelands because farm land was becoming scarce. Because of a rapidly increasing population Sweden was becoming crowded.
- A lot of Swedes left because of new Swedish laws that forced young men to serve in the military. The Swedish conscription laws encouraged many young men to leave the country.
- In most European cities jobs were scarce.
- Many poor Europeans weren't happy with the Aristocracy who often oppressed the poor or denied them opportunities.
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∙ 8y agoPeople think they did not have good land for farming and flat and grasses areas
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Why was the settlement of the great plains slow to come with settlers passing it by for the west coast?
The great plains were considered to be a "desert" (to some extent this was confirmed when people later settled there in the 1920s and through improper erosion control farming practices followed by a several year drought, brought about the dust bowl during the 1930s).This land is actually very fertile, but only with modern irrigation and erosion control practices that were not available to the pioneers in the 1800s.
What might zebulon pike's description of the great plains have led to the idea that native americans east of the mississippi river be moved to the great plains?
Pike inaccurately describe the treeless Great Plains as a desert. This led many Americans to believe that the Plains were useless for farming. I hope this is answer helps :)
When did the first waves of Jewish settlers begin emigrating from Europe to the Middle East as part of the Zionist movement?
The 1880's
What means of transportation existed in the plains either transport settlers or goods into the plains or transport the goods they reproduced to market elsewhere?
In the 19th century, settlers in the plains primarily relied on covered wagons, also known as prairie schooners, to transport themselves and their belongings to the region. Cattle drives were also common, where large herds of cattle were driven on foot to markets in the east. As the railroad expanded westward, it became an integral means of transportation for both settlers and the shipment of goods from the plains to markets elsewhere.
Are the Appalachian Mountains farther west than the Great Plains?
No, the Appalachian mountains are farther east. They're in the eastern united states. They run between Alabama/Georgia in the south and North of Maine into Canada. The great plains are in the central USA. They are west of the Mississippi river and east of the rocky mountains. The great plains also extend into Canada. The Appalachians do not extend far enough west to meet the great plains.
What are the great plains east of?
The Interior Lowlands are East of it.
What is Colorado east of?
The Great Plains.
What was more scarce in the Great Plains then in the East?
water
Was more scarce in the great plains in the east?
Buffalo
Which place had rich soil that settlers from Europe and the east were drawn there?
United States
What country had such rich soil that settlers from Europe and the east were drawn there?
your moms face
Where is the great plains and central lowlands in the us?
The Great Plains are located to the west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains.
Do the great plains begin at the Appalachian mountains?
No, the Appalachian Mountains are further East. :)
What is the name of the plains just east of the rocky mountains?
the great plains i guess.:) ( i think the answer is wrong
Is Connecticut located in the great plains?
No connecticut is on the east coast
Was more scarce in the Great Plains than in the East.?
Buffalo
What was more scarce in the Great Plains than in the East?
Buffalo
