Why White Settlers wanted to Migrate West
- Created by: Gaynor
- Created on: 07-04-18 13:08
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- Why Did White Settlers Want to Migrate West?
- Economy in the East
- People had lost their jobs and savings
- Un-employment was at 25%
- Wages had been cut 40%
- The Oregon Trail
- Made it easier to migrate West
- Was a well-known route to the West
- Government help
- They used $30,000 to fund an expedition map for the Oregon Trail
- This made it sound exciting
- Manifest Destiny
- They thought it was God's will for White Settlers to populate the USA
- Economy in the East
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