Title: New Settlers in the West

List three reasons why people in the United States moved west:


1. there was rich, fertile land for farming. great forests full of timber, and a wealth of mineral resources to be discovered. this land was better for farming than the land on the east side of the country, and would have supplied them with everything they needed. logically, it was better for them to be in the west.


2. they needed more space because of their large economic growth. if they moved west, they'd be able to build new colonies with all of their people.


3. it was a great opportunity. this gave a lot of people freedom. freedom to do things like give women the right to vote eventually, provided some rights for free african americans, and gave some religious groups the freedom to practice their beliefs without being punished.


2. How did westward expansion contribute to sectional tensions in the United States?


the westward expansion contributed to sectional tensions in the united states, because the different sections of the united states lived in different ways. for example, in the article it says that the north's industry was based on small farms, transportation, and trade, whereas the south's main industries were based on large farms and factories in which the slaves would be forced to work, because they were very cheap labor. this was a huge disagreement for the north and the south because they couldnt seem to agree, the way the two sections lived was too different to change.




3. What was the Peace Policy?


the peace policy was created to have the government set certain sections of  land aside to make reservations for the native americans and have them all live there. this policy however was not entirely peaceful because if an indian was not living on a certain one of these reservations, he or she would be considered to be hostile which is when a us army battalion was dispatched to meet this threat.