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Documents Westward Expansion and Industrialization

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Documents Essential Question: What factors led to the settlement of the West during the Gilded Age...

Changes on the Western Frontier Essential Question: What factors led to the settlement of the West during the Gilded Age (1870-1900)? After the Civil War, the area west of…