Settling the American West: Think about the following questions as you read: 1: How did miners and ranchers transform the American West? 2: What effect did railroads have on the settlement and development of the West? (Answer questions 6-9) Question 6: In what states and territories were gold, sliver, and copper mined in the second half of the nineteenth century? Question 7: How did mining help territories become states? Question 8: Complete the following to help describe the era of open-range cattle ranching, and the reasons for its end: ---> Look at the picture to answer question 8) Question 9: What personality traits do you think most cowboys who drove cattle possessed? ( Please don't answer if you don't know) Will Mark Brainliest if answered correctly.