Why did people move to the far West
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- Push Factors
- Why did people move to the far West
- Pull Factors
- 1848- Gold discovered in California.
- Mountain men tell of fertile land in Cali.
- Jim Bridger was afamous mountain man who assimilated himself with the Indians. He led hundreds of people safely through the rockies & discovered athe Oregon pass which cut the trek by 61 miles
- Also worked for army until 1865
- Jim Bridger was afamous mountain man who assimilated himself with the Indians. He led hundreds of people safely through the rockies & discovered athe Oregon pass which cut the trek by 61 miles
- It was the largest economic change in US history
- Lured by false pretences of earning $1000 a day when in fact they only got $3 so violence broke out hence the name 'Wild West'
- Taxes were imposed on miners who were not from US this fuelled racial tensions.
- Claim jumping & vigilantes led to violence & no law enforcement officials as mining towns were temporary.
- Lured by false pretences of earning $1000 a day when in fact they only got $3 so violence broke out hence the name 'Wild West'
- Mountain men tell of fertile land in Cali.
- Trappers tell of huge amounts of furs & fish in Oregon.
- 1842- Act makes land in Oregon cheaply available
- 1858-59- Gold discovered in Rocky Mountains
- Gold fever
- 1858-59- Gold discovered in Rocky Mountains
- 1848- Gold discovered in California.
- Gold rush
- 1848-1855
- Man who became a millionaire as a result was Samuel Brennan
- Made money by owning the only mining supply store. He bought pans for 20 cent and sold for $15.
- Panning for gold involves scooping up a pan full of gravel & sifting it to find gold which should be at the bottom.
- Man who became a millionaire as a result was Samuel Brennan
- Gold was discovered in Cali at Scooters Mill by James W Marshal
- 1848-1855
- Pull Factors
- 1837- banks collapse in East- thousands bankrupt
- 1839-20,000 unemployed people demonstrate in Philadelphia
- 1837- wheat prices fall: Mississippi farmers face ruin.
- 1837- wages in East cut by 40%.
- Why did people move to the far West
- 49ers men who became miners in 1849.
- 300000 people mainly men came from China, Chile, Peru, Australia, Europe & Latin America
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