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Thousands of miners came west hoping to get rich when gold and solver was discovered in.... |
California |
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The settlement of the west affected the region and its people because |
*The rapid growth of towns and farms took over much of the open land in the west *Settlers pushedN/As off their lands abnd turned their hunting grounds into ranches and farms *The buffalo, which N/A groups depended on for food, clothing and shelter were nearly wiped out by white hunters |
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The reservation system in the West |
*Made N/A lands available to settlers *Allowed conflict to develop because settlers moved onto N/A reservations *Caused many resevrations to become smaller over time as the gov't sold reservation land to settlers |
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The Great Plains was settled later than the regions that were father west because... |
*Farming was difficult in the Great Okains because of the soil *The Plains had little water, few trees and seemed unattractive to most potential settlers *Much of the land on the Great Plains was Indian Territory and was not open to settlement |
