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1: The homestead act let people have land for just a $10 deposit so people could easily get land
2: There was a lot of gold in the west so people could mine and make money
3: The transcontinental railroad act went through many places and because of this towns started to form.

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people wanted gold-mining
people were crowded- space/free land
traveling was faster because of the transcontinental railroad

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gold
railroad
homestead act

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-gold rush
- mining
-transcontinental railroad

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1.mining
2.cheap land
3.slaves can have a new start to their life

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gold rush
free land
blacks wanted to avoid prosecution from the south

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1.Transcendental railroad.
2.Gold rush.
3. Cowboys.

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1. mining
2. cheep land
3. post slaves could have a new start

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1. land
2. mining
3.money

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1. Mining
2. Land
3. The railroad

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1. Mining
2. The building of the Transcontinental Railroad was really big in the west at this time
3. There was gold to be found in the west, so everyone was racing in wagons to build a new life.

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Land rush, because it was cheap
Gold rush, because all the companies wanted to get rich\
Freedom, because nobody knows what you do if they don't see you

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Three causes of the westward expansion are:
1) The gold rush was a race to get gold.
2)African Americans needed to escape persecution.
3)The transcontinental railroad
It provided better and more safe transportation for people to get across the states

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1.The gold rush caused tons of people to move the west because they thought they would get rich.
2.The trans continental railroad connected the country and sped up the industrial faze of the country.
3.Free land was the last reason i had.

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1. transcontinental railroad, made if easier for people and goods to travel.
2. mining, made the West valuable because they found gold
3.The homestead act, allowed people that could not settle settle.

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Three causes of  Westward Expansion:
1.  Overcrowded eastern cities, people needed space.
2.  Transcontinental railroad allowed people easy and quick access to moving across the country.
3. Gold mining hoping to get rich.

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rail road, mining, and barbwire

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1. Rail roads made traveling and carrying goods easier
2. Almost free land is a pretty good offer
3. Gold. Just, gold.

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1. Gold was a cause of westward expansion. gold in California drew people  out.
2.Free land made people want to go out there and claim it.
3.The railroad caused people to go across the nation

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1 . mining land , caused people to want gold
2 . transcontinental railroad , allowed people to travel more
3 . land rush , people raced to get good territory

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1. The railroad because it allowed people to travel from east to west.
2. The gold rush because people wanted money and the west was where it was at.
3. The homestead act it allowed more people who weren't able to settle before it allowed them to settle now.

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1. African Americans wanted to escape persecution. African Americans after the civil war were being treated badly and they wanted to start a new life.
2. Gold/ mining. People wanted to move west for mining and hoping to strike it rich.
3. Transcontinental railroad allowed people to travel more easily.

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Three causes of Westward Expansion are:
1. Gold. Gold gave people the opportunity to become rich in wealth.
2. The Transcontinental Railroad. The T.C.R. provided people with faster and better transportation across the states.
3. Expansion. The U.S. expanded it's land across the states and provided people with plenty of land to live on.

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mining
transcontinental railroad
homestead act

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1. mining land

2.land rush

3.slaves could be free

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the rail road
gold mining
barbwire

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1. The gold rush was a race westward for gold.
2.cowboys started to get longhorn for the east.
3. African Americans wanted to escape persecution .

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1 . transcontinental railroad  is a cause of Westward Expansion after the civil war because people could  travel quicker and more efficiently in a matter of days instead of months.
2 .mining made people want to go get the gold
3 . people wanted land

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1.Native Americans were moved to new reservations.
2.Gold mining became popular in the far west.
3.Barbed wire was created during the cattle drives which put cowboys out of there own businesses and had to work for companies.

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1. Transactional Railroad allowed people to travel more efficiently
2. The land rush to be one of the first to get good territory
3. African Americans wanted to escape their bad past from before the civil war and start a new free life.

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1. there was more land
2. so more freedom
3. no more fighting at the moment

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1. Transactional railroad made it easier to get from place to place
2.Native americans got moved from there homes to reservations
3. Barbwire was invented during the cattle drive

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1. Freedom for slaves
2. More land
3. Gold mining

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1)There were more telegraph wires
2)Longhorns were brought up for meat
3)There were railroads so it was faster to get from place to place

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1 more land
2 the gold rush
3 mining

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1)Gold/mining People moved to the west to try and get rich by mining gold

2)Transcontinental rail way  Since there was a way of getting goods to people they decided to move and be free

3)Land rush  The government was giving land to people for a $10 fee as long as they take care of it for 10 years and it would become theirs

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1.Thomas Jefferson envisioned the land the united states as a land of small farmers.
2.It was easier to get from place to place from the transcontinental railroad.
3.the gold rush made people want to look for gold.

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1.the land rush
2.gold mining
3. freedom of slaves

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1. African Americans wanted to move west to escape persecution
2. People wanted to gain land and start gold mining
3.The transcontiental railroad allowed people to travel more effiecntly from the east to the west

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1.Transcontinental Railroad expanded US territory
2. Gold rush pushed people to mine for gold and become rich
3. Exodusters wanted to move west to escape persecution

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1 The Gold rush made people move to look for gold
2 The land rush which made people move to get land cheap
3 The transcontinental railroad allowed for people to move west quicker and easier

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1.  the gold rush
2.  freedom of the slaves
3.more land

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1. African Americans wanted to escape persecution.
2. The Gold rush
3. Barbed wire was created making them move the cattle.

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1. Transcontinental Railroad. it allowed people to travel more efficiently
2. Gold rush. it caused a lot of battles
3. Mining.