After a rise in settlement, the western frontier was closed by the year

The settling of people on land in the western regions during 19th century is known as westward expansion. It started with the Louisiana purchase. It was sustained by the Oregon Trail, Manifest Destiny and the Gold rush. There were many westward expansion trails that helped the immigrants and between 1600 and 1870 to expand toward the western regions of USA, three years after the superintendent of the Census announced the western frontier was closed in 1893.  US government also facilitated the migration by passing Homestead acts.

3. republican abraham lincoln

4. south carolina

5. charleston, south carolina

6. confederates

7. minie bullet - made defense even safer, it spun faster, traveled further and was five times more accurate than any single-man weapon. able to kill at half a mile, it was the largest contributor to battle wounds

      or the the gatling gun - the most successful of several rapid-fire guns that were born before the war. its efficiency in killing only made war more deadly.

idk which one u learned about. pick one.

8. the south was fighting to maintain its way of life, whereas the north was fighting to maintain a union. so they had will, and the north were fighing on unfamiliar territory

9. union had the large population, people to fight in the war and work in the factories to make war materials, industrial base, the factories to make these war materials. the union also was wealthier than the confederacy and could finance the war.

10. stonewall jackson

11. chancellorsville

12. gettysburg

13. sherman

some of these might be wrong but i tried my best.   : )

this isn't a question and if you're going to list things be kind and use commas.