(oi) One big reason many people were moving west was to be able to live with the Homestead Act. (3) Under the Homestead Act, each homesteader, or home owner, obtained 160 acres of land from the government. (3) The act was a really big reason people moved west because everyone wanted the free good farming land from the government. Homes were a big part of settlers moving west because the West had very good timber to build houses, and very good land to start a house. (6b) Another reason people were moving west is that many people wanted to escape the racism that was happening in the east.
No part of California would be the same after the gold rush. Throughout the gold rush, people moving to California from abroad have added to the size of the native population and have greatly impacted the state’s technology, agriculture, geographic and economic structure. The sudden diversity in California gave people both acceptable and unacceptable effects in terms of opportunity, development, racism and human right. Positive and Negative effects of the Gold Rush on California can be categorized into three main groups: Social, economic, and political effects. A
No single reason explains this vast westward movement; a variety of motives contributed to it. The biggest push factor for the migrants was living space. In the mid-nineteenth century, the states of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee had experiences two- and threefold population increases. Many of the people living in these areas began to feel hemmed in by neighbors living a mile or two away. Some believed that Oregon would offer them a better life, a place where they could make their fortune.
History of Los Angeles Police Department Alicia Serna CJA/204 Date: October 17, 2011 Instructor Name: Robin Downey History of Los Angeles Police Department I decided to do my individual paper on the historical development of the Los Angeles Police Department. During the 1850s, the Gold Rush and the end of the Mexican War allowed the United States to gain control of the territory of California. Thousands of people came due to the lured of striking rich. One of the main cities in California was the city of Los Angeles which was a pueblo of 1610 habitants (unknown, 2011). Some of the immigranst that came west were thousands of people such as farmers, ranchers, store keepers that were law abiding citizens but also it brought gamblers, horse thieves and other bad characters.
The Gold Rush started at Sutter's Mill, near Coloma. California Gold Rush was during 1848–49 in the Sierra Nevada, which attracted tens of thousands people, especially young men from Latin America, Europe, South Africa and Asia. No part of California would be the same after the gold rush. Throughout the gold rush, people moving to California from abroad have added to the size of the native population and have greatly impacted the state’s technology, agriculture, geographic and economic structure. The sudden diversity in California gave people both acceptable and unacceptable effects in terms of opportunity, development, racism and human right.
This replaced the older image of miners in the 1800’s scooping out handfuls of gold with little effort. Its emotional appeal seems to lie in its ability to deliver on a promise of “success, warmth, sunshine and beauty, health and long life, freedom …” (pg 23). From early times, California was seen as a Mecca of sorts for people from the snow-bound East and Midwest. One Midwestern newcomer wrote in the 30’s “I’d get letters from friends that had settled here … I’d hear about the orange groves and palms … sunny days and cool nights and how the only snow you saw was miles off in the mountains – well I was sick of the prairie landscape and stoking the fire all winter and frying all summer and the first chance I got, I boarded a train to find out if this country came up to brag.” (pg 23). This man was one of millions of people who almost literally saw California as a separate country, one that could put an end to whatever it was that troubled them.
Mainly all original westward exploration was due to desires for gold and riches and in the case of the English this was no exception. After the recent victory over the Spanish ambitious English monarchs used the combination of overcrowding and overwhelming patriotism to fuel an energetic boom of westward exploration. While the northern English colonies did not find the gold and treasures that they were looking for they did find ways to create opportunities for financial growth. Virginia, the location of the first English settlement, used tobacco exportation as an effective money making operation. The Carolinas came later and was created and advertised as a location for the poor under-class to have a second chance at wealth.
Why did Europeans Emigrate to America in such numbers? Europeans emigrated to America for many reasons, these however were not the same reasons but may have been similar in nature. I will be looking at the period of 1776 – 1914 this time period is after America had received its independence and before World War 1 which did effect emigration to America. In this essay I will mention the main European nations that provided emigration to America in this period and the push and pull factors that encouraged or forced these migrants to leave their homelands for a new life in America. English emigrated to America due to high population, high unemployment and the promise of a better life which America was offering.
Prior to the second half of the nineteenth century, the Plains Indians remained unaffected by outsiders, following their traditional customs and lifestyles. Regardless of having few outside influences, their society had achieved a level of outstanding intricacy, advancement, and organization. However, with land available in the west for agricultural growth, gold mining, and the extension of the transcontinental railroad, white expansionism skyrocketed in the 1850’s. This prospect to expand westward caused the government to become thoroughly involved with the lives of the Plains Indians, who were viewed by the whites as an obstacle. These unwanted intrusions into the lives of the Plains Indians spoiled their buffalo hunting lifestyles, damaged their social and cultural lives, and hurt their overall living conditions.
Subsequent to the War of 1812 much of America's thought turned to exploration and settlement of its territory to the West, which had been really inflamed by the Louisiana Purchase. Pioneers moved westward and formed communities throughout the Midwest, and around 1820, six new states were admitted to the Union. The land boom was supported by the government and land speculators, who bought up large tracts to sell at high prices The people did about the high prices and high interest on loans because of success of American agricultural products. Many western settlers suffered greatly during the Panic of 1819, but most survived and continued the take-over the West. A major aspect of the conquest of the West was the removal of the Indians who dwelled there.