American West: Why move to the west?
- Created by: marthajones
- Created on: 06-05-16 09:14
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- Why move West?
- Pull (good factors)
- Mountain men claimed there was fish and furs
- 1820s and 30s
- West promised space and the government made land cheap
- the West promised freedom and independence - mainly for Mormons
- there was fertile land in the west
- because of the corn price collapse farmers faced ruin
- Mountain men claimed there was fish and furs
- Push (bad factors)
- Mormons were being persecuted for their religion
- wheat and corn prices collapsed
- banks crashed in 1837
- people lost savings, wages were cut and unemployment increased
- wheat and corn prices collapsed
- the East was becoming overpopulated
- Pull (good factors)
- The Gold Rush
- Gold was discovered in California in 1848
- Gold discovered in the Rockies 1858 - 59
- all this promised wealth to a bankrupt nation
- gold discovered in the Black Hills 1874
- Gold was discovered in California in 1848
- all this promised wealth to a bankrupt nation
- gold discovered in the Black Hills 1874
- Pull (good factors)
- Mountain men claimed there was fish and furs
- 1820s and 30s
- West promised space and the government made land cheap
- the West promised freedom and independence - mainly for Mormons
- there was fertile land in the west
- because of the corn price collapse farmers faced ruin
- Mountain men claimed there was fish and furs
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