Settling the American West: Think about the following questions as you read: 1: How did miners and ranchers transform the American West? 2: What effect did railroads have on the settlement and development of the West? (Answer questions 1 - 5) Question 1: What role did the U. S. government play in the building of the first transcontinental railroad? Question 2: How did the growing network of railroads help spur the growth of the U. S. economy in the late 1800s? Question 3: Why did many people go West after the Civil War? Question 4: Name some of the groups of people that settled the West in the years after the Civil War? Question 5: Complete the following to illustrate the general pattern of mining that emerged in the West during the second half of the nineteenth century: ---> Look at the picture for question 5). ( Don't answer the questions if you don't know what the answer is). Will Mark Brainliest .