MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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early 1800’s
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mid 1700’s
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late 1600’s
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early 1900’s
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Detailed explanation-1: -A significant push toward the west coast of North America began in the 1810s. It was intensified by the belief in manifest destiny, federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise. Pioneers traveled to Oregon and California using a network of trails leading west.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gold rush and mining opportunities (silver in Nevada) The opportunity to work in the cattle industry; to be a “cowboy” Faster travel to the West by railroad; availability of supplies due to the railroad. The opportunity to own land cheaply under the Homestead Act.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pioneer farmers, or homesteaders, began settling in California, Oregon, and other parts of the West during the early 1800’s. After the Civil War, however, western farming expanded greatly. Homesteaders, mostly white, quickly populated the Great Plains from 1870 to 1890.