Question

What factors were most

important in drawing Americans to the West, both mentally physically?

Answer 1

Not to mention the desire for money. The west was almost an unexplored place, and anything they found they could sell. they also wanted independence and freedom

Answer 2

Americans thought that if they went out west their lives would be so much better because the government was basically paying them to go. Also? It was a good way for cattle rancher to raise their cattle for cheeper and then they would sent them back out to the east to sell