In the late 1800s, many more settlers moved to the West after the completion of

The transcontinental railroad connected the eastern United States with the West, making travel and the movement of goods faster and easier. Its completion encouraged many more settlers to move west in the late 1800s. The Indian Appropriation Act, the battle at Wounded Knee, and the reservation system were not transportation links that enabled this migration.

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