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It was very difficult for settlers to move west with there family. It was difficult for them because land was $1.25 an acre
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The population west of the appalachian is 3 million. This makes up more than 25% of the american population.
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Morman settlers found a home in utah. It was a religous and econmic utopia. U.S took control of there land in 1848.
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80'000 settlers have moved to california from around the world. The population is tripled in that territory
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Ameican use the idea of Manifest destiny to give them the right to move west. This allows them to move indians who had been living there before them.
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The price of land per acre was dropped to 12.5 cents per acre. This made it much easier for settlers to move west.
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The first settlers lived on isolated farms or hamlets along rivers. With the arrival of railroads settlement increased rapidly
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There were now traveling sales men walking across the Ozarks. They would sell or trade goods to the settlers that lived there.
