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Why did the pioneers move west? |
1. Weather Conditions 2. Depression in New york (1837) 3. Get away from overcrowded cities 4. Land more fertile in west |
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Why did the goldminers (forty-niners) move west? |
1. Gold found in California 2.People read about it 3. Poverty- people wanted to make money
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Why did the mountain men move west? |
1. Killed all beavers in east-- still lot's in west 2. wanted to make money |
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Why did the mormans move west? |
1. Unpopular in east- bank collapse- people lost money 2. whites didn't like the fact they were polygomous 3. Joseph smith set up church and tried to convert people |
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Why did the homesteaders move west? |
1. Pull factors- more land -manifest destiny -letters from others 2. Push factors- more/better land - few jobs in east -crops failed in east |
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Why did cattlemen and cowboys move west? |
1.Cattle trails for cattle 2. Too much meat in east - civil war, cattle increase 3.Some had to move east |
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What is manitfest destiny? |
The idea that god wanted people to move west and spread across america |
