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