Question

By 1860, almost __________ of the american people lived west of the appalachian mountains.

Answer 1

By 1860 almost half of the American people lived west of the Appalachian Mountains. In the 19th-century movement of settlers into the American West, was initiated with the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark´s expedition. I was also triggered by the California Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail and "manifest destiny." Manifest destiny was the believe that Americans were meant to expand across all of North America.