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Why did many Americans choose to move west

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They wanted more land
User Sagar Morakhia
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Farming Frontier
-Pioneers moved west through a desire to make their fortune through the farming of previously unfarmed lands – too many people it was regarded as an extremely exciting opportunity, a chance of a new life.
-The attraction of cattle farming encouraged people to move out west.
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