1: Research Question
2: Identify
3: Keywords
4: Cite sources
This is what I THINK are the answers. I recognize this question from Connexus so I will assume you attend school there. Before using these answers, go back into the lesson material (links/books) and hit Ctrl + G to open up a text search bar, then type in "research" and it will highlight wherever said word appears. If it says 0/0, go to the next page and backspace a letter to reset it. As a tip for the future, never EVER say you got your answers outside of the school, as that is usually a violation of the school's Honor Code, and will get you a zero on that assignment.
The American West was indeed a land of great opportunity from 1865 to 1900 in the sense that there was an abundance of land and resources available to all those willing to go west.
If you know about vertical or horizontal businesses that would be a good answer