Describe how the settlements of the west affect the following groups: farmers, ranchers, miners, Native Americans, immigrants as well as construction of the transcontinental railroad.
One of the government land acts, Homestead Act, granted the American citizens and intended citizens up to 160 acres in the Great Plain, and citizens could obtain title to the land after five years if they cultivate it. This policy attracted some 400,000 families to move to the Great Plain and develop farming there…
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