The Civil War's Untold Influence On Western Settlement

After the civil war people moved west to spread out and to find jobs and start a family. Oppurtunities in the west included gold and there was a lot of work building railroads and cattle. The completion of the railroads to the west following the civil war opened up vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development. White settlers from the east poured across. Dec 23, 2020 · in 1862, congress passed legislation that would forever shape the region.

The american civil war greatly influenced western expansion as well as economic and industrial growth because the end of the war prompted federal policies in favor of westward migration as. Apr 23, 2015 · the federal government's response included the homestead act and the construction of the transcontinental railroad. The goal was to encourage settlement, solidify.