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   Briefly discuss the relationship of white American settlers and American Indians in the context of Westward expansion of white Americans.

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                  From the late 19th century, there was a dramatic expansion of wheat propduction in USA. The growing urban population and export market encouraged the farmers to produce more wheat. President Wilson encouraged the farmer by saying 'Plant more wheat, wheat will win the war'. By the early 20th century, the landscape of USA had transformed radically. White Americans  had  moved  Westward  and established control upto the West coast by displacing local tribes. They wanted to make the entire landscape into different agricultural belts. They also wanted to dominate the world market in agricultural produce. After the 1860s, the settlers swept into the Great plain across the Mississippi river. In subsequent decades the region became a major wheat producing area. The spread of railways made it easy to transport grain from the wheat producing region to after regions. By the early 20th century the demand became ever higher and dunig the First world war the world market boomed. As Russian supplie of wheat were cut off, the USA had to feed Europe. In 1910, about 45 million acres of land in the USA was under wheat production, with in 1919 it expanded to 74 million acres. The introduction of new technology helped farmers in the great plains to increase the production of wheat to meet the demand of world market. In this way the USA became the bread basket of the world.