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Returning Confederate soldiers, who lost everything during the war, headed west in order to start a new life; former slaves went, too, in order to seek a new life as free men, and many other groups traveled west to seek fame and fortune, as the west had abundant quantities of minerals, including gold and silver.
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Most of the American colonies were settled by groups of people who sought religious freedom?
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