1. What were the push and pull factors that made them Go West?
Why did thousands of people move west to Oregon and California in the 1840s?
Pull
Push
What were the push and pull factors that made them Go West?

2. Lesson Objectives To identify the key groups who moved West by 1895
To identify the differences between the Early Settlers and the Late Settlers
To explain the different push and pull factors for different groups moving West

3. Who were the Early Settlers?
Clue
What does it suggest about the people?
Who might the people be?
Why would they go West?

5. Late Early The Plains - Plains Indians first, then Homestea-ders
Oregon - Farms
Great Salt Lake -Mormons
Texas and Plains - Cattlemen and Cowboys
California - Gold

6. 1843 The Year of the Great Migration 1000 people emigrated went west , ,000

7. Which are push and which are pull factors?
Gold discovered
in California 1848
Financial Crisis
High unemployment and bankruptcy
(many lost their jobs and went out of business)
1837
Growing Population
High immigration from Europe and China caused overcrowding in the East
Many of them were very poor
Manifest Destiny
The government set up boards of immigration, published maps and reports and provided protection for travellers by sending units of the US Army to the West
Land was expensive
Due to overcrowding
Promise of cheap land
In Oregon and California
Religious Persecution
Mormons were tarred and feathered for their beliefs
Reports (stories)
of how wonderful the west was reached the East. Some of the reports came from missionaries who wanted help, others came from people who wanted to make money from the new settlers
Can you think of another one?

8. Which are push and which are pull factors?
Gold discovered
in California 1848
Financial Crisis
(many lost their jobs and went out of business)
1837
Growing Population
Many people moved to America from Europe and China caused overcrowding in the East
Many of them were very poor
Manifest Destiny
The government tried to get people to move to America by publishing maps and reports and tried to protect travellers with the US Army
Land was expensive
There were too many people in the East who wanted to buy land to farm
Promise of cheap land
In Oregon and California –the government kept prices low.
Religious Persecution
Mormons were tarred and feathered for their beliefs
Reports (stories)
of how wonderful the west was reached the East. Some of the reports came from missionaries who wanted help, others came from people who wanted to make money from the new settlers