The west gained a reputation for being “wild”. What actions caused this?

the people in the west were more outgoing and ambitious than people in other areas

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.  

protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.