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1 WESTWARD MIGRATION Goal 4- Go West, Young Man!

2 Westward Migration Americans began moving west
More economic opportunities Wheat, corn Farm mechanization made it easier Steel plow East was growing quickly Religious reasons Mormon Trail First led by Joseph Smith (New York) Led into Utah by Brigham Young

3 Oregon Trail

4 Homestead Act 1862 US government encouraged westward migration
Offered 160 acres of land to settlers Cost only a registration fee of $5 Women were allowed to homestead

5 Morrill Land Grant 1862 US federal gov’t gave western lands to states
States sold land Money was used to build agriculture and technical colleges Examples: Virginia Tech and NC State

6 Difficulties of Living in the West
Remote, solitary life Worked LONG hours Very difficult for women Same work as men Gained suffrage here first Built churches and schools

7 Homesteaders Living in a Soddie

8 Railroads First transcontinental railroad completed in 1869
Built mainly by Irish and Chinese immigrants Displaced the Native Americans Could no longer follow the buffalo Native Americans used every part of buffalo

9 Transcontinental Railroad

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