1. why do you think the government wanted western lands to be settled? 2. whose viewpoint was it that the land being distributed was “unappropriated”? Give an example of a group of people who may have had a different point of view and why they might have had a different perspective.

3. Did the homestead act successfully help the poor, why or why not?

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Explanation:

1. The United States government wanted western lands to be explored and discovered because of a social and economic standpoint. You'll later see these  standpoints as Manifest Destiny and the primary reason was to gain natural resources for America to expand its wealth.

2. The UNited States government "thought" the land was unappropriated , but it actually held hundreds of Indian tribes, Comanches and Apaches that had been there for thousands of years. They would have had a different point of view because it is there ancestral land.

3. The Homestead Act in the large part failed because of the harsh climate, their lack of experience, or the inability to obtain prime farming lands.

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