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Why were settlers willing to leave their homes and head west in the late 1800s?
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Why were settlers willing to leave their homes and head west in the late 1800s?

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Because the United States government was giving away free land if you promised to stay in your given land for 5 years and use it to grow crops.

Homestead Act.
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