Why did Americans move west after the civil war?

Answer 1

Americans moved West in the year following the Civil War because of the mining of gold and silver which made a rapid growth of the U.S. and the frontier changed dramatically as more people moved westward.

Answer 2

That was to expand and for new opportunity. Since there were few people in the west, you could go there to start a farm or ranch, and then other people would move in to start new businesses. And it grew from there.

Answer 3

Because so many of the Southerners were slaves who were now free after the Civil War and needed some place to go and the West was newly-founded land which no one had set foot upon, therefore the Southerners (or slaves) went to the West.

Answer 4

To escape the devastation of the war in some cases. Land was plentiful and cheap, in some cases it could be obtained for free.

Answer 5

Because it was amazing

it was a difficult journey to get there

Answer 6

The United States had massive amounts of federal land. The government was willing to give it away to anyone who wanted to farm it. That was the major reason why Americans moved west.

Answer 7

they felt like it

Answer 8

Eastern cities were becoming crowded.

Answer 9

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