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The correct answers are in the following order:

- the Great Plains;

- acquire;

- profit;

Lots of people were heading westwards after the safety issues were resolved with the natives. The government issued some measures that were very motivational, like the granting of big pieces of land for free, or for very low price. By lots of people that didn't had it going very well in life, saw it as a great opportunity to start all over again, so they rushed in to settle into the fertile Great Plains, get hold on as much land as they could, and become big landowners that will make a solid amount of profit.

the answer is the letter b governor of new mexico territory