HY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter Fourteen: The Surplus, Cyrus Mccormick, Breadbasket
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The life as a western pioneer was very grim. Pioneers were poor and stricken with disease and loneliness. Fur trapping was a large industry in the rocky mountain area. Each summer, fur trappers would meet with traders from the east to exchange beaver pelts for manufactured goods (rendezvous system). George caitlin: painter and student of native american life who was one of the first. Americans to advocate the preservation of nature; proposed the idea of a national park. By the mid-1800s, the population was doubling every 25 years. By 1860, there were 33 states and the u. s. was the 4th most populous country in the western world. The increased population and larger cities brought about disease and decreased living standards. In the 1840s and 1850s, more european immigrants came to the americas because. Europe seemed to be running out of room.
