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To get settlers to move west and expand to the western parts of the US. The discovery of gold and silver had a huge effect of the western migration. Another huge effect was the Transcontinental Railroad. Examples of why people migrated west included the discovery of gold and silver, adventure, opportunities for ex-slaves, and the promised 160 acres of land by the US government.
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why was the 'right of deposit' important
The Homestead Act of 1862 was meant to encourage settlers to western lands and create farmlands. The US government would allow settlers from the East to claim Federal western lands to farming if they met certain requirements. When these requirements were accomplished, the settlers would have free land from the US government.
It was the Land Act of 1800.
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George Rogers Clark helped protect settlers in the western lands.
Discovery Networks Western Europe was created in 1989.
To get settlers to move west and expand to the western parts of the US. The discovery of gold and silver had a huge effect of the western migration. Another huge effect was the Transcontinental Railroad. Examples of why people migrated west included the discovery of gold and silver, adventure, opportunities for ex-slaves, and the promised 160 acres of land by the US government.
stamp act
Settlers had an easy time farminng western lands
Homestead Act
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The Western frontier nickname given to settlers who claimed Oklahoma's good land in advance was the sooners.
more steak in the west, more fish in the east.