Factors Incouraging Migration Flashcards
1
Q
What was White migration?
A
There was greater independence and a free a way of life with more space to form there was gold in the west too.
2
Q
What was manifest destiny?
A
Gods desire for whites to settle the entire continent of North America.
3
Q
What was The Gold Rush?
A
When gold was discovered in California many rushed to the west.
4
Q
What were the consequences of The Gold Rush?
A
Tens of thousands took the Trail to the west.
In 1850to 20,000 came to California by ship after a famine in China most found no gold.
Increasingly professional miners took control in the area.
