Which was not a reason that different groups of settlers moved west during the mid-1800s?
a. to establish farms on free government land
b. to create a separate nation on the west coast
c. to escape persecution from mainstream religions
d. to start cattle ranches on the open range

The correct answer is B) to create a separate nation on the West Coast.

What was not a reason that different groups of settlers moved west during the mid-1800s was "to create a separate nation on the West Coast."

We are talking about the westward expansion after the purchase of the Louisiana territory ordered by President Thomas Jefferson. After the purchase, President Jefferson ordered the Lewis and Clark expedition that lasted two years to explore the newly acquired territories. During the 19th century, thousands of white settlers moved to the west, crossing the Oregon Trail and motivated by the Goldes Rush in California.

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