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Western frontier represented a opportunity to start over
Most land in the west belonged to Indians
the west was exploited for minerals
also moved to the westt for the adventure.

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1)19th century Americans thought
the west was a chance for a new start

2)railroads were the main
factor of western growth

3)Dawes act was the law passed to not
recognize native american nations
for what they were

4)boarding school forcefully took native
american children and tried to
"civilize" them and destroy their culture

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- The 19th century frontier was full of Americans, Mexicans and Chinese people seeking a better life.
- Railroads encouraged settlement and brought tools for farming, shoes for the people and books for reading making life profitable for new settlers.
-The US moved the Indians so they can be able to obtain their land, find gold, and build more railroads.
-The US took Indian children away from their families to make them more civilized by teaching them English.

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>After driving the Native Americans out west, Settlers found gold and other natural resources.
> A new way of transportation was railroads, which made it easier to transport goods such as crops for marketing and books to read.
> Building the railroads forced the Native Americans out of their territory and constantly moving west.
> The settlers killed off the buffalo as the settlers built the railroads, and the buffalo were Native Americans' important food source.

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★Most people who went west went with families
★Without railroads crops couldn't be brought to market
★Native American land was used for railroads, mining, and basically for white pleasure
★By 1890 all native Americans we're either killed or moved to reservations

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The west had settlers of Chinese, Mexicans, and formal slaves
Railroad brought goods.
Western america was valuable because of the silver and gold
Their 30 million buffalo before they were killed.

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~The west was exploited for minerals
~ The west was settled by Mexicans, Chinese, Free slaves,etc.
~Without RailRoads there would be no way to bring crops to the market
~Native Americans and Buffalo were massacred in the west

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1. The western territory represented the opportunity to start a new life.
2. Mexicans became Americans with the treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo.
3. The railroads brought goods that people needed to western territories.
4. The white men killed the Indians and the buffaloes.

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Railroads made life in the west profitable.

Many states went bankrupt supporting the railroads.

Indianas lost 86 million of their land they had out of 138 milion acres.

Us setup cultural genside.

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.The west was a territory home to: Asians, Native Americans, and other groups of foreign people.

.Many states went bankrupt due to the increased demand for railroads.

. General Philip H. tried to destroy the Indian's way of life by destroying their homes and killing their buffalos.

. The U.S took native children from their parents to civilize them and quote "kill the Indian, save the man."

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state count; 1789-13;1845-27
1. new land-NW Territory, LA purchase
2. cash crops,farmland
3. new transportation
4. population increase-300%
5. adventure, unpredictable-Oregon trail, Santa Fe Trail
6. religious Freedom-Mormons-Utah
7. economic opportunities