1. Chapter 14 “Looking to the West”
Section 1 “Into the West” Questions

2. Vocabulary push-pull factors Pacific Railway Acts
Morrill Land-Grant Act
land speculator
Homestead Act
Exoduster

3. The Lure of the West -Railroad expansion (new avenues of migration)
1) What conditions lured people to migrate to the West?
-Railroad expansion (new avenues of migration)
“land grant” colleges specializing in agriculture and mechanical arts
Homestead Act
Key: availability of legally enforceable, transferable property rights.

4. Pull Factor: Government Incentives
2) Why was the Homestead Act such a significant factor in the westward migration? 
-limit settlers’ risk and avoid a total free-for-all.
-Land parcels measured, registered and deeded.

5. 3) How did the Pacific Railway Acts influence Western settlement?
Allowed Migration into American interior
Railroads sold portions of their land to arriving settlers

6. Settlers From Far and Wide
4) Where did the western settlers come from?
European immigrants: German, Scandinavian Lutherans, Irish, Italians, European Jews, Chinese, Mexicans, and
African Americans

7. The Shifting Frontier -Not unified
5) How did the American frontier shift westward?
-Not unified
Various regions settled at different times
1890s settlements dotted the prairie every 10 miles

8. Review Prepare your Response Cares
The Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 specified that profits from the sale of land would help establish A) public libraries. B) state colleges. C) philanthropies. D) orphanages.

9. B) state colleges.

10. The Homestead Act of 1862 offered settlers
A) relief from their debts.
B) free public education.
C) loans to expand their farms.
D) 160 acres of western public land.

11. D) 160 acres of western public land.

12. Which of the following is an accurate statement about the settling of the West?
A) Settlers often struggled with Native Americans.
B) Settlers included many African and Australian immigrants.
C) Most settlers became rich miners or cattle ranchers.
D) Settlers were all adventurous white males.

13. A) Settlers often struggled with Native Americans.

14. True/False
The Civil War had displaced thousands of farmers, former slaves, and other workers.

15. True

16. True/False
A key incentive to western settlement was the availability of legally enforceable, transferable property rights.

17. True