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Why did many people move westward in the second half of the 19th century?​

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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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