Why did so many people migrate west between 1840 and 1890?

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Why did so many people migrate west between 1840 and 1890?

Accepted Answer

The pull of cheap land and gold, and the push of hardship and persecution in the east — Migration is usually best explained by both kinds of pressure together.

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Travel west was quick, cheap and entirely safe

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The federal government forced all easterners to leave

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The pull of cheap land and gold, and the push of hardship and persecution in the east

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The eastern states had become uninhabitable

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