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Western Settlement (1850-1900)

Reasons for settling the West: 1. Mining Boom Gold Rush (1849) and silver strikes “Get rich quick” Mining towns created

2. Transcontinental Railroad Completed in 1869 Union Pacific and Central Pacific work to complete RR line connecting Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California. USA now “smaller”

3. The Homestead Act 160 acres of land given to settlers for FREE Land must be farmed for five years

“Manifest Destiny”

4. Manifest Destiny-Americans were destined to move across the continent; America destined to become larger and more powerful.