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The Western Frontier Key Questions: What would draw someone to move there? What would happen to those already there? What were the benefits and disadvantages of living in the “Wild West?” Is the description of “Wild” and accurate one for life on the frontier? How did development in the West affect the rest of America?

Statehood in the West

Push Factors to the West Displaced people of the Civil War Eastern farmland was costly Failed entrepreneurs had 2nd chance Freedom from religious and ethnic oppression (i.e. Mormons) Shelter for outlaws Temptations and Adventures

Pull Factors to the West Government Incentives Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 & 1864 Morrill-Land Grant Act 1862 Homestead Act 1862 ( 160 acres of land) Private Property Legally enforceable, transferable property rights Limited risk & total free for all Miners, ranchers & farmers