Life on the east coast of America was very different than life on the west coast. Although it was the eastern settlers that moved west, the new conditions caused the their lives to change immensely. The east coast was more densely populated than the west. The personalities of each set of settlers was very different. The geographical variation changed the living conditions of the Americans. The wealth of the Americans also changed the living conditions. …showed first 75 words of 776 total…

…showed last 75 words of 776 total…them: he drank, he gambled, he got into duels. This man was not just some stuffy candidate. He had common-man appeal. And this man was elected president twice. Another man with common-man appeal was Davy Crockett. This uneducated man was elected to Congress simply because he has a skilled hunter. The nation liked the way the westerners were and acted, because they were such a contrast to the old image of the east coast Americans.