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1 Western Settlement (1850-1900)

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

3 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”

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

6 “Manifest Destiny”

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

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