What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen about?
Identify and discuss the reasons why Americans settled west of the Mississippi River after the Civil War. In your essay please cover the key events that marked the progress of the settlement of the West and the groups and individuals who participated in this settlement. In addition, explain what they did in the West to make a living and how their economic activities shaped the demographic, economic, and political development of the West. Please cover the period from 1862 to 1890.