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American West SEE ALSO
▸ ▸ Gold pp.200–201
▸ ▸ Native Americans
Between the years of 1840 and 1900, many people living p.179
in the eastern United States moved west to find adventure ▸ ▸ North America
and start new lives. Some, called settlers, set up farms and p.184
cattle ranches. Others dug mines in search of gold. ▸ ▸ Transportation
pp.258–259
▸ ▸ Trains p.260
Wagon train Wagons were pulled by
Settlers traveled west in horses or oxen. They
carried people, supplies,
groups of wagons called and farming equipment. A wagon train
wagon trains. They took could have up
with them everything to 250 wagons.
they needed to make
their new homes.
Native American wars
Wars were fought between the settlers and the local Early railroads Steam from the burning
Native American tribes. Despite winning some battles, People built railroads into the fuel came out of the
the tribes ultimately lost the wars and their land. American West in the years train’s smokestack.
from 1869 to 1893.
The railroads brought
in lots of farmers and
settlers, and carried
out goods to be
sold in cities.
Union Pacific
Railroad
No.119
Painting of Custer’s Last Stand, a Native American victory
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