The west.
after the indians were defeated, thousands of settlers headed west. Some hoped to find new, rich farmland.
John Dewey was the American educator who wrote the very influential book, Democracy and Education
A secondary source is a description coming from someone who wasn't there and didn't truly experience the event. Since the source contains a soldier's description rather than the soldier writing it him/herself The source is a secondary source. Now since the source obtained it directly from the soldier the source be A. a secondary source with an understandable point of view.
The war started mainly because of four aspects: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism.