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Conditions along the entire Atlantic seaboard stimulated migration to the newer regions. From New England, where the soil was incapable of producing high yields of grain, came a steady stream of men and women who left their coastal farms and villages to take advantage of the rich interior land of the continent. In the backcountry settlements of the Carolinas and Virginia, people handicapped by the lack of roads and canals giving access to coastal markets and resentful of the political dominance of the Tidewater planters also moved westward. By 1800 the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys were becoming a great frontier region. \"Hi-o, away we go, floating down the river on the Ohi-o,\" became the song of thousands of migrants.  \nThe westward flow of population in the early 19th century led to the division of old territories and the drawing of new boundaries. As new states were admitted, the political map stabilized east of the Mississippi River. From 1816 to 1821, six states were created – Indiana, Illinois, and Maine (which were free states), and Mississippi, Alabama, and Missouri (slave states) . The first frontier had been tied closely to Europe, the second to  \nthe coastal settlements, but the Mississippi Valley was independent and its people looked west rather than east.  \nFrontier settlers were a varied group. One English traveler described them as \"adaring, hardy race of men, who live in miserable cabins. ... They are unpolished but hospitable, kind to strangers, honest, and trustworthy. They raise a little Indian corn, pumpkins, hogs, and sometimes have a cow or two. ... But the rifle is their principal means of support.\" Dexterous with the ax, snare, and fishing line, these men blazed the trails, built the first log cabins, and confronted NativeAmerican tribes, whose land they occupied.  \nAs more and more settlers penetrated the wilderness, many became farmers as well as hunters. A comfortable log house with glass windows, a chimney, and partitioned rooms replaced the cabin; the well replaced the spring. Industrious settlers would rapidly clear their land of timber, burning the wood for potash and letting the stumps decay. They grew their own grain, vegetables, and fruit; ranged the woods for deer, wild turkeys, and honey; fished the nearby streams; looked after cattle and hogs. Land speculators bought large tracts of the cheap land and, if land values rose, sold their holdings and  \nFree K-12 Worksheets and More [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \nName:   Date:   Class:    \nmoved still farther west, making way for others.  \nDoctors, lawyers, storekeepers, editors, preachers, mechanics, and politicians soon followed the farmers. The farmers were the sturdy base, however. Where they settled, they intended to stay and hoped their children would remain after them. They built large barns and brick or frame houses. They brought improved livestock, plowed the land skillfully, and sowed productive seed. Some erected flour mills, sawmills, and distilleries. They laid out good highways, and built churches and schools. Incredible transformations were accomplished in a few years. In 1830, for example, Chicago, Illinois, was merely an unpromising trading village with a fort; but long before some of its original settlers had died, it had become oneof the largest and richest cities in the nation.  \nFarms were easy to acquire. Government land after 1820 could be bought for $1.25 for about half a hectare, and after the 1862 Homestead Act, could be claimed by merely occupying and improving it. In addition, tools for working the land were easily available. It was a time when, in a phrase coined by Indiana newspaperman John Soule and popularized by New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, young men could \"go west and grow with the country.\"  \nExcept for a migration into Mexicanowned Texas, the westward march of the agricultural frontier did n","cbCaiaMXuYpzrG7C","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaMXuYpzrG7C","pdf",63671,"English","# Westward Migration and Changing Boundaries\n## Settlement Patterns and Frontier Life\n## Economic Growth and Land Policy\n## Growth, Tensions, and Conflicts","[{\"question\":\"What factors drove migration westward in the early 1800s?\",\"answer\":\"Eastern conditions along the Atlantic seaboard encouraged people to leave, especially where soil could not support high grain yields. Limited access to coastal markets and resentment of political dominance also pushed westward movement.\"},{\"question\":\"How did frontier living and settlement develop over time?\",\"answer\":\"Early settlers lived in miserable cabins and relied on hunting and basic subsistence, then gradually built better log houses and improved farms. Over time, they created roads, mills, churches, and schools as communities became more stable.\"},{\"question\":\"What major conflicts were intensified by westward expansion?\",\"answer\":\"The expansion contributed to sectional differences rooted in regional disputes that would later explode into civil war. It also brought settlers into conflict with Native Americans as new lands were occupied.\"}]","Westward - A Frontier Shaping Early 19th-Century America | PDF",1792382381]