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the west was offering land to the settlers
As the settlers pushed back the indians, the "middle gound" also moved west.
The early west caused a cultural transformation in the U.S. by the Gold Rush. Many immigrants and settlers moved west in hopes of obtaining land that enabled them to strike rich.
Native Americans showed the settlers survival skills.
a. fewer social restrictions gave settlers more opportunities to pursue wealth in the west