Wild West Push Factors

Question 1

What reached 25% in some areas

Answer 1

Unemployment. People who did keep there jobs during the economic crisis faced wage cuts of up to 40%

Question 2

What happened in 1869

Answer 2

The first transcontinental railroad opened making it easier to travel west

Question 3

What did the government provide

Answer 3

£30,000 for an expedition to map the Oregon trail and provide reports in a book but john Fremont

Question 4

What year was the English economic crisis

Answer 4

1837

Question 5

What did the government encourage

Answer 5

They encouraged expansion west as they wanted to establish Oregon as a US territory instead of sharing with Britain