The bulk of their diet in the trenches was bully beef (caned corned beef), bread and biscuits. By the winter of 1916 flour was in such short supply that bread was being made with dried ground turnips.
Germany and Austria-Hungary – with food supplies hit by the Allied naval blockade – made immense efforts to keep their soldiers fed; even if this increased the hunger being felt by their citizens at home. But starvation eventually played a key role in the collapse of the latter’s army in 1918.
They feared that white audiences would not pay to watch African American players.
I think that the answer is The west's natural resources gave settlers the chance to make money, It might be, Going west gave settlers a chance to improve their own lives also but I don't know......