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Date Posted: 21:54:21 11/07/02 Thu
Author: ...soo....verrry.....tiredddddddd..
Subject: Ch13 - The Westward Migration

I. The Westward Migration
A. 1840-1860
i. southerners mainly flocked to Texas
ii. old north westerners (modern day Midwest) is where most people came from
a. most traveled in family groups
b. the less fortunate traveled usually w/out families of their own
- the could make the journey working for a more established family along the way
B. The California Gold Rush
i. migrants in search of new lives
a. mostly young, single men at first
b. many hopes for new lives in cali
- getting rich quick
- taking advantage of the land the government was selling
- merchants wanting to capitalize on the new white communities
- mormons wanting to escape the epidemic diseases plaguing many cities
- looking for economic opportunities

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