.. Why did mining attract people to various parts of the Midwest and the West

People wanted to start a new life.

People wanted to make a lot of money.

People wanted to explore new territories.

People wanted to own lots of land.

People wanted to make a lot of money.

Explanation:

In 1858, there was the discovery of precious metals such as silver in Comstock Lode in Nevada and Gold in Califonia ten years earlier. These discoveries attracted settlers to the areas for decades because they wanted to strike it rich by mining those precious resources.

They created what was known then as boomtowns which later turned into ghost towns by the time the people in those communities exhausted the minerals that was available then.

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the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.