REASONS PEOPLE MOVED WEST
*Economic opportunity
-Land, gold (Sutter's Mill, California, 1848)
*Territorial expansion (acquisition of new territories)
*Manifest Destiny (a belief that the mission of the U.S. was to expand across the entire North American continent and destined to secure territory from "sea to sea", Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean)
-Land, gold (Sutter's Mill, California, 1848)
*Territorial expansion (acquisition of new territories)
*Manifest Destiny (a belief that the mission of the U.S. was to expand across the entire North American continent and destined to secure territory from "sea to sea", Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean)