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What were some of the factors that led to the "Myth of the West"?


How do you think these factors impacted the treatment of Native Americans?


Who were the buffalo soldiers?


What role did minority groups play in settling the west?



What role did the government play in the settlement of the west?

Answer 1

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1. The frontier myth or myth of the West is one of the influential myths in American culture. The frontier is the concept of a place that exists at the edge of a civilization, particularly during a period of expansion.

2. European colonization of North America had a devastating effect on the native population. ... The natives, having no immunity died from diseases that the Europeans thought of as commonplace. They also brought guns, alcohol and horses. The effect of these was to change the way of life for the Native Americans.

3. Buffalo soldiers were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War. In 1866, six all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after Congress passed the Army Organization Act.

4.What minority groups settled on the land available in the West? Miners, settlers, farmers, ranchers and people working on the railroad were some of the people who traveled to the West. Afican American settlers came to homestead and called themselves Exodusters.

5. The government protected western settlement with troops and pushed the Native Americans off western lands. The Federal government also financed the constructed of the first transcontinental railroad in the west.Feb 13, 2016

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Answer 2

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What were some of the factors that led to the "Myth of the West"?

How do you think these factors impacted the treatment of Native Americans?

European colonization of North America had a devastating effect on the native population. ... The natives, having no immunity died from diseases that the Europeans thought of as commonplace. They also brought guns, alcohol and horses. The effect of these was to change the way of life for the Native Americans.

Who were the buffalo soldiers?

Buffalo soldiers were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War. In 1866, six all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after Congress passed the Army Organization

What role did minority groups play in settling the west?

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.

What role did the government play in the settlement of the west?

The government protected western settlement with troops and pushed the Native Americans off western lands. The Federal government also financed the constructed of the first transcontinental railroad in the west