Which of the following was NOT a major reason for the movement of large numbers of people from the east of the Mississippi River to the west of it during the second half of the 19th century?
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- A.People were interested in the free land provided by the Homestead Act.
- B.The completion of the first transcontinental railroad made doing business out west economically feasible.
- C.People were trying to escape the air and water pollution common in the cities of the East.
- D.Soil was becoming depleted in the East.
- E.Strikes of gold and silver lured prospectors out west.
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