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Warm up 3/54th Period
Take out your push/pull notes from yesterday. What are two push factors and two pull factors that would have lead to the following groups migrating out west? -Mormons-Exodusters
Push/PullWhat were some push/pull factors
that we learned yesterday?
Overcrowding: _______
Freedom of Religion: _______
Need for jobs: _______
Land availability: _______
PushPull
PushPull
Manifest DestinyManifest Destiny is….wait….what is Manifest Destiny?
Transcontinental Railroad
1856: railroads extended w. to Mississippi R.
1859: to Missouri R.
What incentives does the government
provide to help fulfill this “manifest
destiny” and pull people west?
Incentives to go west #1:
Homestead Act – for approximately $10, settlers could have 160 acres of western land, if they met certain criteria:
• American citizens who were 21 years or older, or the head of a household
• Built a home on their lot, and lived in it at least 6 mos. of the year
• Farmed the land for 5 years or more
Incentives to go west #2:
The Pacific Railways Act:
Granted railroads 10 square miles on either side of each track they laid to the west
Transcontinental Railroad
Union Pacific (UP): incorporated under Pacific Railways Act of 1862
First rails laid in Omaha, NELaid lines out west to meet with
Central Pacific (CP) CP running from west to east
◦Sacramento
Transcontinental Railroad
Lines met at Promontory, UT on May 10, 1869
What did the railroads do with all
that land?They
Sold It!!
Incentive to go west #3:
Morrill-Land Grants:
Gave land to state educational facilities with curriculum tied to agriculture and mechanical arts (Texas A&M, Oklahoma
A&M, etc.)
…states were given land in exchange for opening up colleges – even Delaware!
What potential conflicts might occur as a result of all this movement?
CloserWrite either a Facebook status or
Tweet for a person who is thinking of moving west. Include any push/pull
factors we have discussed!
Ex: I can’t stay in this city anymore! It’s way too crowded! LMS if you’re thinking of going west
Ex: Had another run-in with some Mormon haters. #aintnobodygottimeforthat