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Which does not explain why people went west during the mid-1800s? A. They were looking for better economic opportunities. B. They wanted to homestead on free government land. C. They hoped to strike it rich in the California gold fields. D. They dreamed of starting a new nation west of the Rockies.



Answer :

"D. They dreamed of starting a new nation west of the Rockies" does not explain why people went west during the mid-1800s since they had not intention of leaving the US. 
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Answer:

D. They dreamed of starting a new nation west of the Rockies.

Explanation:

D was not a reason that individuals moved west in the late 1800s, since in truth numerous individuals realized this new life would be very perilous and troublesome.  

The new law gave pioneers free responsibility for plot of land after they lived on it for a long time. Each plot was 160 sections of land, which aggregates one-fourth of a square mile.  

Prior to that time, the Great Plains was for the most part disregarded by individuals made a beeline for the far West. After the Civil War, nonetheless, enthusiasm for the Great Plains all of a sudden developed. New steel furrows and water siphoning windmills, for instance, made it simpler to prevail as a rancher around there.