The now growing trend of western settlement in the United States was due to many reasons. Land was cheap, and plentiful. It was abundant with resources, and easily attainable. After the War of 1812, more European immigrants began to flow into America once more, settling the new lands along with the growing American population. Stories of the unsettled lands inspired many throughout America, especially those in the agriculture business. Their farms were over worked, all the nutrients sucked out of the soil. The land to the west was fertile and untouched. There was an eventual conflict between migrating Northerners and Southerns. The Northerners wanted to re-create the environments that they had left behind, while the Southerns wanted to leave
