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    Why did people want to go west. Many settlers and pioneers wanted to move west. Because they thought that moving west would “fresh start. They Also wanted to buy and own land. Some pioneers wanted to try new thing such as farming and gold mining.”But all this started because of the louisiana purchase in 1803. “France and Spain were both negotiating for ownership of the Louisiana territory.” Everyone wanted the louisiana territory. Because there was lots of land and lots of things that people could

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    What motivated Americans to move west and what was their motive? Different Americans were motivated by different reasons to move west. Ranchers would move to more land in the west to raise cattle‚ particularly Texas and Kansas. These cattle ranchers would then ship their cattle back to the Eastern states to sell. They sold for much higher prices back east. The expansion of the railroad made it possible to easily transport the cattle east. Farmers were motivated because they could get free land

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    The Dodgers Move West

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    Chris Naylor U.S. Expansion and The Dodgers Move West Baseball in Brooklyn has been in existence since the 1800s with the Brooklyn Grays‚ but the name that most people remember when they talk about Brooklyn is the Dodgers. Most people remember the Dodgers for their great play and also for a man by the name of Walter O’Malley on moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles. This move was made possible by the political maneuverings of New York City and Los Angeles‚ families moving away from big cities to the

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    American Settlers

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    wide grassy plains. These continents and all the islands which surround them are known as the ‘Americas’. North and South America are separated from other continents of the World by two from oceans: the Atlantic and the Pacific. When and how did mankind first come to the Americas and the Caribbean? Over the years this has puzzled scientists‚ but most of them agree that man first came to the Americas by way of Asia. If we look at a map of the

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    of conflicts between white settler or government of United States and Native Americans. Conflicts started almost immediately after settlers begun to move to the North America and ended in the early 20th century. During this time all the Native Tribes were one by one moved to the reservation where a lot of them live until today. They had to change the way they lived and their culture was almost destroyed. They weren’t prepared for this change and today’s Native Americans have to live with consequences

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    The Lives of Settlers on the Plains After the Civil War The once called Great Plains is now defined as The Homestead. In the early 1800s‚ the population was minimal‚ yet after the Civil War‚ it became home to many settlers. After the Civil War‚ more people began settling in the midwest. Many people moved to the Great Plains from the east to look for more money since farming was a lot cheaper. Also‚ since many African Americans were poor‚ they too wanted to start their farms for a better future

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    The American West

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    1. Chapter 16: The American West a. The Great Plains i. Indians of the Great Plains 1. In the middle of the 19th century‚ probably around 100‚000 Native American lived in the Great Plains. They were very diverse‚ and were consisted of around 6 linguistic families and at least 30 tribal groupings. The Native Americans were then hurt greatly by the small pox and measles introduced by the Europeans. 2. The Teton Sioux were Native Americans‚ who had lived in the Great Plains. The land in the Great

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    When settlers first came to the New World forests covered ____ per cent of the land. The forests all had a wide range of trees and bushes in them. The "primeval forest" or the first forest Europeans came into contact with had been changed by many acts of nature such as floods‚ hurricanes‚ and flood. Actions of Native Americans also had a hand in changing forests. Such forests included redwood forests‚ which were home to huge redwood trees‚ mossy forests‚ and swamp forests. To many European

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    any conflicts with Native American Tribes. The Peace Commission created reservations to protect Native American tribes and allow white settlers to claim former Native American territories and lay down railroad tracks. Treaties were created to bring peace by giving the Native Americans food‚ blankets‚ housing‚ and clothes. However‚ the 1867 Peace Commission failed to accomplish their goals. While Tribal Leaders agreed to move to the reservations‚ people of the tribe did not want to leave their homes

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    American West

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    American West The “American West” is not what many people think of when they hear those words. People think of it as cowboys and Indians fighting on the Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their

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