The main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains was
<span>"(A) free land" although it should be noted that the land was not always free. It was always cheap, however. </span>
It was actually the newspaper that prompted the campaigns especially the anti-prostitution campaign. The urban environmental supporters wanted to make their cities more clean and safer for living. The lives of the prostitutes and the harsh conditions they lived in were exposed by the newspaper which led to the creation of the movement.