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Warm up 3/5 4 th Period

Warm up 3/5 4 th 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/Pull. What were some push/pull factors that we learned yesterday?. Push.

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Warm up 3/5 4 th Period

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  1. 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

  2. Push/Pull What were some push/pull factors that we learned yesterday? Push Overcrowding: _______ Pull Freedom of Religion: _______ Push Need for jobs: _______ Pull Land availability: _______

  3. Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny is….wait….what is Manifest Destiny?

  4. Transcontinental Railroad • 1856: railroads extended w. to Mississippi R. • 1859: to Missouri R.

  5. What incentives does the government provide to help fulfill this “manifest destiny” and pull people west?

  6. Incentives to go west #1: • Homestead Act – for approximately $10, settlers could have 160 acres of western land, if they met certain criteria:

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Transcontinental Railroad • Union Pacific (UP): incorporated under Pacific Railways Act of 1862 • First rails laid in Omaha, NE • Laid lines out west to meet with Central Pacific (CP) • CP running from west to east • Sacramento

  10. Transcontinental Railroad • Lines met at Promontory, UT on May 10, 1869

  11. What did the railroads do with all that land? They Sold It!!

  12. 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.)

  13. …states were given land in exchange for opening up colleges – even Delaware!

  14. What potential conflicts might occur as a result of all this movement?

  15. Closer Write 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

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