A major factor that <span>made life in the west easier was that there were no "rules", since there was very little traditional government--while something that made it difficult was that there were very few resources and many hostile natives. </span>
B. Progressivism
A political movement that crossed party lines which believed that industrialism and urbanization had created many social problems and that governments should take a more active role in dealing with these problems.
I’m pretty sure it’s Abraham Lincoln