westward expansion: geographic and economic factors sol usi.8b: the student will demonstrate...
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Westward Expansion: Geographic and Economic Factors
SOL USI.8b: The student will demonstrate knowledge of westward expansion and reform in America from 1801 to 1861 by: b) identifying the geographic and
economic factors that influenced the westward movement of settlers
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Reasons for Migration
1. Westward migration was influenced by GEOGRAPHY and ECONOMIC opportunity.
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What Were Some of the Reasons for Westward Migration?
1. Population growth in the EASTERN states
2. Availability of CHEAP, FERTILE LAND.
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What Were Some of the Reasons for Westward Migration?
3. Economic Opportunity: examples include gold (CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH) , logging, farming, and freedom (for runaway slaves)
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The San Francisco Gold Rush
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What Were Some of the Reasons for Westward Migration?
4. Cheaper and faster transportation, e.g., rivers and canals (ERIE CANAL), steamboats
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What Were Some of the Reasons for Westward Migration?
5. Knowledge of overland trails (OREGON and SANTA FE)
6. Belief in the right of “MANIFEST DESTINY”
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What was the “Manifest Destiny”?
• THE IDEA THAT EXPANISION WAS GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY AND WAS THE RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES
“American Progress” by John Gast (1872)