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Factors that Opened West to
          Migration
   By Michael Shumaker, Andrew
     Sanders, and Allison Burns
End of Indian Wars
• Geronimo's surrender in
  1885 marked the end of
  the Indian Wars
• Although there were a few
  skirmishes afterwards
  Geronimo's Apache tribe
  was the last that was
  considered a threat to the
  people in the West.
End Of Indian Wars (Cont.)
• When considering migration within
  the Us, the end of the Indian Wars
  helped spark a mass migration to the
  West.

• No longer was there a threat to the
  settler's well being.

• With the American Dream persuading
  them, the citizens saw no drawbacks
  to going West.

• The population of California rose from
  864,700 in 1890 to 1,485,100 in 1900

• That;s a 620,400 person increase
Barbed Wire
• Barbed wire invented
  1874 by Joseph Glidden
• Especially useful in great
  plains area because
  there were no trees
• As result, Great Plains
  fenced off
Barbed Wire and Cowboys
• Cattle Drivers were especially
  hurt by barbed Wire
• Since there were now rows of
  fences with with barbed
  wire, cattle couldn't graze
  freely
• Cattle Drives were no longer
  possible
• The invention of barbed wire
  ultimately meant the end for
  the cowboy
Railroads
• The building of the railroads
  is naturally connected with
  the settlement of the West
• Three natural resources
  were needed to prosper in
  new territory:
  land, water, and timber.
• The Homestead Act of 1862
  gave settlers 160 acres of
  free land, under certain
  conditions that encouraged
  settlement.
Railroads
• The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 set the
  wheels of railroad expansion moving.
  The Land Grant System gave millions
  of acres to railroad builders.
• Railroads enhanced the value of the
  land enormously.
• Sale of extra land by railroad
  companies raised capital to finance
  railroad building.
• In 1869. The first Transcontinental line
  was completed at Promontory, Utah
• Railroad construction led to further
  settlement of the West
• the railroad moved foods fast; ;
  reduced the $ of wheat; increased

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Development of west 2

  • 1. Factors that Opened West to Migration By Michael Shumaker, Andrew Sanders, and Allison Burns
  • 2. End of Indian Wars • Geronimo's surrender in 1885 marked the end of the Indian Wars • Although there were a few skirmishes afterwards Geronimo's Apache tribe was the last that was considered a threat to the people in the West.
  • 3. End Of Indian Wars (Cont.) • When considering migration within the Us, the end of the Indian Wars helped spark a mass migration to the West. • No longer was there a threat to the settler's well being. • With the American Dream persuading them, the citizens saw no drawbacks to going West. • The population of California rose from 864,700 in 1890 to 1,485,100 in 1900 • That;s a 620,400 person increase
  • 4. Barbed Wire • Barbed wire invented 1874 by Joseph Glidden • Especially useful in great plains area because there were no trees • As result, Great Plains fenced off
  • 5. Barbed Wire and Cowboys • Cattle Drivers were especially hurt by barbed Wire • Since there were now rows of fences with with barbed wire, cattle couldn't graze freely • Cattle Drives were no longer possible • The invention of barbed wire ultimately meant the end for the cowboy
  • 6. Railroads • The building of the railroads is naturally connected with the settlement of the West • Three natural resources were needed to prosper in new territory: land, water, and timber. • The Homestead Act of 1862 gave settlers 160 acres of free land, under certain conditions that encouraged settlement.
  • 7. Railroads • The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 set the wheels of railroad expansion moving. The Land Grant System gave millions of acres to railroad builders. • Railroads enhanced the value of the land enormously. • Sale of extra land by railroad companies raised capital to finance railroad building. • In 1869. The first Transcontinental line was completed at Promontory, Utah • Railroad construction led to further settlement of the West • the railroad moved foods fast; ; reduced the $ of wheat; increased