List 5 major changes in the american west caused by the "settlement of the last frontier"

1, The decimation, or eradication of the American buffalo.

2. Significant amounts of immigration to supply workers due to labor shortages.

3. The further subjugation of the American native population and restriction to even smaller and less useful lands.

4. Massive amounts of speculation and land grabbing that more clearly defined ownership and rights to the land.

5. Various settlements that began as outposts which would eventually become urban centers.