Why Did People Move to the West in the 1800s

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why did people move to the West in the 1800s?

• A) The federal government required poor immigrants to settle in the West.
• B) The federal government gave large incentives to people who moved west.
• C) Soldiers and their families moved west to control the Indian population.
• D) People moved to farm on the rich soil.
• E) The East had become unpleasantly overcrowded and industrialized.

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