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A pioneer wanting to settle in the west in the 1870's would have benefited most from which act?
Homestead Act
Why is it inaccurate to say that everyone traveled westward to settle the American West in the 1870s and 1880s?
Because Mexicans traveled north and Asians traveled east to settle in the West.
What region did people settle to after the civil war?
Moved west toward california
In seach of new lands to settle American began moving what?
They began moving to the Frontier and when that area started becoming to populated for a frontiersman's liking he would move farther west to the new frontier.
The intent of the Homestead Act was to?
The Homestead Act gave acres of western land to anyone who promised to work the land for five years. This encouraged many immigrants to come to the United States and help settle the West.
Who formed independent communities in the west and believed those communities would be promised land?
The Exodusters
What treaty ended the war and what did it grant?
The Treaty of Paris. it let the united states settle the west (to the mississippi river) and promised that the British would give America the forts that they had captured during the war.
What were some of the rights promised by the west jersey constitution?
west jersey promised religious freedom
What was one result of the french and idian war?
King George 3 would not let colonists settle West of the Appalachian Mt.
What did Shane West promise Mandy Moore he would not do In A Walk to Remember?
He promised he wouldn't fall in love with her.
Thomas Jefferson estimated it would take how many years to settle the west?
100 generations
How did the Canadian Pacific Railway contribute to the settlement and expansion of the West?
The United states were settling toward the west coast, and if Canada did not settle a long with them. The U.S (also know as the Americas) would settle in Western Canada. (what is now known as British Columbia and Alberta)
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
The Homestead Act gave acres of western land to anyone who promised to work the land for five years. This encouraged many immigrants to come to the United States and help settle the West.
A pioneer wanting to settle in the west in the 1870's would have benefited most from which act?
Homestead Act
Where did people settle in the west?
northwest
What groups did not settle in large numbers in the West after the Civil War?
Japanese immigrants did not settle in large number in the West after the Civil War.
Did the English settle land east or west of the Appalachian Mountains?
west
