Move West!
in the 1800
why peaple moved west
the main reasons where gold
cheep open land
vary little competition for businesses
and the land wasent over populated
What challenges people faced living in the west
- Exhaustion
- Starvastion
- Danger from waters
- Threat from Indians
- Danger from terrain
What was life like in the west
in the west your days most likely consested of going on the farm and planting, weeding, harvesting plants beacuse 75% of jobs where on farms
What role did the government play in getting people to move west
the goverment had the townsmen act which provided 160 acres of land to anyone paid $10 and would stay on the land for 5 years.