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The major way in which border areas of the west were affected by the mixture of people is that a plethora of immigrants from all over the world wanted to expand to the west in order to settle--meaning that people from all backgrounds often fought over land and job opportunities.
The Gulf Coastal plain can be divided into five subregions or smaller regions
They created craft unions to present as a uniform effort and push for political support.
They opposed immiegration which was the source of labor for factories pushing craftsmen out of work.
They were not successful as factories created cheaper items at a faster rate than the craftsmen could. The country was growing economically under the factory system and owners of those industries gained political power.
