What did the u. s. government do to encourage the settlement of the west?

The government protected western settlement with troops and pushed the Indians off western lands. The Federal government also financed the constructed of the first transcontinental railroad in the west. This included giving huge land grants to the railroads to get them to push westward. It also gave cheap land to settlers

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the  seven  days  battles  were  a series of seven battles over seven  days from june 25 to july 1, 1862, near richmond, virginia,  during  the american civil war. the  seven  days ended with mcclellan's army in relative safety next to the james river, having suffered almost 16,000 casualtiesduring  the retreat.