As Leif Erikssson Day approaches, the United States commemorates the explorer credited<span> with the </span>first European<span> expedition to North </span>America<span>. Nearly 500 years before the birth of Christopher Columbus, a band of </span>European<span> sailors left their homeland behind in search of a new world.</span>
<span>It would have opposed it because it weakened free labor.</span>
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Gold rush and mining opportunities (silver in Nevada) The opportunity to work in the cattle industry; to be a “cowboy” Faster travel to the West by railroad; availability of supplies due to the railroad. The opportunity to own land cheaply under the Homestead Act.
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