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  • Western Movement and Railroads. This essay is about western settlement and how the railroads turned out to be better agents of migration than many government homesteading organizations.

     

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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The free-homestead policy of 1862 seemed to work very well. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, more Americans moved to the West than ever before. Removal of Indian claims to the land seemed to leave nothing in the way of the westward movement. Despite ambitious land policies by the General Land Office, Homesteaders were faced with many obstacles, including fraud, speculation, and land monopoly (Draffan). The majority of Western settlement can be credited to the railroads, which proved to be far better homesteading agents than those established by many government agencies.
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