Question

Multipule chose

Why did people move west?


for improved economic opportunities

to improve their way of life

to set up industries

to find new land to grow wheat

for security in owning land

Answer 1

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