Answer:
Inventions helped determine the very shape of the West. The telegraph instantly connected Americans across thousands of miles; railroads killed some towns and gave birth to others; the gun quickly established the settlers' dominance over the country; and barbed wire created vast ranching empires.
Explanation:
They were (by rank)
priests and educated people
warriors
merchants
workers
The garbage workers that were on strike.
C. Inevitable
They were going to need to expand any way because they were running out of room on the East coast
It made settlement and transportation faster.
