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PULL
freedom
economic opportunity
abundant land
PUSH
population growth
agricultural changes
crop failures
industrial revolution
religious and political turmoil
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Judypush factor is when something have the choice to move away from somewhere or something and pull factor is when something is forced to move.
Push Factors
- Not enough jobs
- Few opportunities
- "Primitive" conditions
- Desertification
- Famine/drought
- Political fear/persecution
- Poor medical care
- Loss of wealth
- Natural Disasters
- Death threats
- Slavery
- Pollution
- Poor housing
- Landlords
- Bullying
- Discrimination
- Poor chances of finding courtship
Pull Factors
- Job opportunities
- Better living conditions
- Political and/or religious freedom
- Enjoyment
- Education
- Better medical care
- Security
- Family links
- Industry
- Better chances of finding courtship
The main reason for Americans moving west was for the fertile soil to grow crops on. But there were other factors such as the sense of adventure and latter on the discovery of gold. A big push factor was that the economy had just crashed and people had no money so they went west to try and make there fortune.
Push Factors:
-Thousands of people displaced by the Civil War
-Property: Eastern farmland was expensive
-New chances for failed entrepreneur
-Ethnic/ Religion repressions
-The open space provided shelter for outlaws to hide from the law
Pull Factors:
-Railroad expansion opened up the Western frontier
-Government incentives like land grants: Morill Land-Grant Act of 1862 and the Homestead Act of 1862
-Private property
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When settlers began moving out west what happened to many native Americans?
They died
How did British agents and Native Americans in the west?
British agents from Canada armed native Americans in the west.
How did settlers moving west reacts to the treaties signed by native Americans?
the people didnt like it so a fight broke out lose and mostly everyone died
What Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of where?
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mountains.
Why did the native Americans want to move west?
The invasion of the white man motivated many Native Americans to move beyond the Great Plains. Many moved because the white man stole the land, killed their crops and their means of eating.Ê
