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What were factors that encourage western settlement
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What were factors that encourage western settlement

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Two of the most important factors in encouraging western settlement in the US were 1) extremely cheap or sometimes even free land in the west, and 2) events like the Gold Rush, which made settlers think they could get rich quickly. 
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