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What challenges did farmers face when settling West? What new technologies were created as solutions?

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Answer:During the 19th century the technologies that most influenced westward expansion were the telegraph and railroad. What happened to the farmers during the westward expansion? After the War of 1812 the sharply rising prices of agricultural commodities pulled settlers westward to find more arable land and become farmers. … High prices tempted many former subsistence farmers to enter the market economy.

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