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Settlers were attracted to the great plains because of the great flat land that was good for farming land.  The flat land was good for farming and the land was fertile. An invention that was made specifically for the great plains  was the steel plow because the was really rocky. Settlers were being killed by Native Americans for revenge since they were relocated. Some settlers stayed because of the the great farming.

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Native Americans were forced to leave their lands and go to their  own reservation across the Mississippi river because settlers wanted their land to grown cotton on.Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group. The government showed this because they relocated all of the native Americans because they were different then them. A war was started between the plain Indians and the U.S government.

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Settlers came from the east coast of America because of the expansion of the country and the major gold rush that was going on. Settlers were not treated well because the people that were already in California thought of the land as gold mines and as their territory so they wouldn't like when more people came.  Settlers started to dam off rivers to drain all water to find gold and people would kill each other for gold because it was worth a lot. The population of California was growing at a very fast rate because everyone wanted a chance to become wealthy. The gold fired up the economy and made it possible for railroads to be built.

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The east was becoming over populated so Thomas Edison purchased the Louisiana territory from France this purchase was a big part of the westward expansion because it doubled the size of the country and added 14 states. Before this purchase U.S territory didn't even pass the appalachian  mountains. Many settlers moved west towards California because of a huge gold rush and with the U.S. Expanding west moved many Native Americans  out of America over 70,000 Native Americans were relocated because they were forced out of their village many Natives died this event was called the Trail of Tears.