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1、WestwardMovementisamovementofpeoplefromthesettledregionsoftheUnitedStatestolandsfartherwest.Betweentheearly17thandlate19thcenturies,Anglo-AmericanpeopleandtheirsocietyexpandedfromtheAtlanticCoasttothePacificCoast.Thiswestwardmovement,acrosswhatwasoftencalledtheAmericanfrontier,wasofenormoussign

2、ificance.WestwardMovementCausesofWesternMigrationLargePopulationCaliforniaGoldRushCheap,FertileLandFreedomforRunawaySlavesLargePopulationAsearlyasin1820’stherewasfloodofnewimmigrantsfromEuropetotheUnitedStates.Thenthestreamofimmigrationcontinued.Between1815and1830over500000EuropeanscameintotheU

3、nitedStates.Theyhadexpectedtoliveabetterlife,buttheyfoundthemselvesstillpoorinthecrowdedNortheast.Astheyweredissatisfiedwiththeconditionsathome,theyhopedtofindamorefavorableenvironmentonthefrontier.CaliforniaGoldRushGoldwasdiscoveredinCaliforniainthe1840s.ThisrushmadelotsofpeoplemoveWestwiththe

4、hopesofbecomingrich!Cheap,FertileLandAsforthelocalfarmers,theyhadnobetterlifeandtheylosttheirlandpieceafterpiecebecauseoflandspeculation.Sotheymovedwesttothevastareaofwildernesswherethelandwascheapandgreatforfarming.FreedomforRunawaySlavesSlavesfromtheSouthcouldhavefreedominthenewwesternterrito

5、rieswheretheysettledinallblackcommunitiesfreefromwhiteprejudice.ImmigrantsJoblessWorkersLandlessFarmersRanchers/CowboysMinersRailroadOwnersMigratingGroupsRanchers/CowboysWiththepopulationgrowthintheEast,thedemandforbeefincreasedaswell.Soalargenumberofcowboyswenttothewest.Hugeherdsofcattlewere“d

6、riven”alongcattletrailstothe“cowtowns”(railroadtowns)wheretheywouldbeshippedtomeat-packingcenterssuchasChicago.MinersThediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniain1848sparkedahugemigrationof“prospectors”orminerstotheWest.Butfewminersfoundenoughgoldorsilvertomakeitworthwhile.Eventually,largeminingcompaniestoo

7、koverminingintheWest.RailroadOwnersImmigrantstothewest,alongwithmerchants,wantedatranscontinentalrailroadtoconnecttheEastandtheWest.PacificRailwayActin1862directedtheCentralPacificRailroadandtheUnionPacificRailroadtoconstructrailw