How did the government support settlement of the West?
1 Answer
Feb 13, 2016
The Federal government created a set of rules for surveying the West, making land available for little or no money, and then admitting new states to the Union as they formed on western lands.
Explanation:
The Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 created rules for the settling of western lands and the admission of these lands as states. These rules were followed throughout the west, with the one exception of disagreement over slavery in new states. The government protected western settlement with troops and pushed the Native Americans off western lands. The Federal government also financed the constructed of the first transcontinental railroad in the west.
