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☆☆☆☆☆Most westward expansion increased right after the civil war due to the mining industry in the west. The civil war caused economic problems. People were looking to start over and "get rich quick". Many people desired to own their own land. Thus the Homestead Act was created.
The building of the transcontinental railroad created more jobs and led to more land being sold and purchased.
The demands for beef in the west and the cattle drives led to ranching and farming.
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Lincoln hoped to limit voting to a small portion of African Americans.
.Supporters of the Republican Party in the South..
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The Great Plaines
the main debate in setting up colleges and universities for african american was whether to:
Moving to the west
A person's economic level - Apex
The homestead act offered them free land
Grandfather clauses were based upon individual African American's family histories.
In Astrophysicist chronicles battle over Pluto what reason does dr.Tyson give for excluding Pluto from the museum exhibit
