Why did the West get rapidly settled by newcomers during the half of the nineteenth century? In the eyes of the early American colonists and the founders of the Constitution, the United States was to represent the ideals of acceptance and tolerance to those of all walks of life. When the immigration rush began in the mid-1800’s, America proved to be everything but that. The millions of settlers would soon realize the meaning of …showed first 75 words of 907 total…

…showed last 75 words of 907 total…Indians were commonly removed from their land and placed at someplace at no importance to the settlers. Over population, raised tensions, greed, and poor living conditions(discrimination). So as you can see settlers came for a betterment of their lives and some of them did improve their lives but had to go through some really hard times to be successful in United States, which because of its immigration policy has become the “land of opportunities”.