Western Expansion In The 19th Century

Outburst Westward Expansion during the 19th Century time frame.

After the War of 1812 and the Civil War the American started moving to the west including the Great Plains as per the request of the government. The Native
Americans, which helped expand, pass the Mississippi River, this move began with just one word move west young man, and they did. These Immigrants came to the land of plenty. The idea of an American "empire" and "imperialism" (American
History 1865-Present: End of Isolation)

1865 to 1914
American expansion was encouraged in this time frame. Foreign and domestic policy closely related. This major Western progress is now legends clouded with myth: mountain men, riverboat men, pioneers, Native Americans, outlaws, bullwhackers, Pony

The idea of everyone having their own land in the new frontier was opportunity of a life time. The pursue the American Dream wow what a deal of taking your own land, finding your own destiny, and the master of your own fate you can’t ask for anything more. The immigrated came by the boat loads to the US in the 19th century. Once arriving to the frontier they found totally different realism. The territory might have already been gone or taken, to include living on that land with little or no money or even supplies. Some did strike it rich weather it was a gold mine and or cattle farming. The promise of it was more attractive than the frontier itself. Was this considering a myth after arriving to the new land? The opportunity that many of them held was working for others that started the land to include the Railroad. First thing the government’s plan for settlement was building the Transcontinental Railroad employment there was plentiful the railroad provided a way to bring settlers and manufactured goods from the east to the west and by ship their goods to include agricultural, mining .
So for many immigrants that where living there the Railroad was an essential