HIST 2057 Chapter : History Notes Chapters 1-3
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The closing of the west, 1865-1890, part i and ii2/3/2012 7:38:00 p. State and territories: during the end of the civil war the most important part of western settlement was turning these territories into states, turning these territories into states was all based on populations. U. s. believed this was wilderness it was unsettled (native. Americans: so in order to make this states they made them into territories which have no say in congress. Excluding hawaii and alaska: in order to get the population and to form settlements to the west it came imp. For the government to support business and transportation (railroads), business (cattle in the 1880s), and the homestead and farms. The transcontinental railroad: the most important in the cause for settlement, because traveling to the west is very dangerous and it is huge. Such as the mountains, and the great plains which is very dry.
