US history help?

Question

Can you discuss 2 me the economic, social, and religious reasons for the westward movement?

Answer 1

You can read the info on the websites listed below to learn some of the reasons for the westward movement.

Answer 2

The economic attraction was free land with the homesteading law and cheap land offered by railroads in order to build traffic. There were often religious movements such as the Mormons who were persecuted for their beliefs that moved west to escape persecution. Rugged individuals who could not fit in with structured society could live alone in the wilderness as trappers or hunters or trading with the Indians. I would say the major attraction was free or cheap land. The US public also had the concept of Manifest Destiny, a general idea among the public that God had laid out the territory of the US with the intent that the US expand westward to the Pacific.

Answer 3

Periodic economic dislocations did not curtail rapid U.S. economic growth during the 19th century. New inventions and capital investment led to the creation of new industries and economic growth. As transportation improved, new markets continuously opened. The steamboat made river traffic faster and cheaper, but development of railroads had an even greater effect, opening up vast stretches of new territory for development. Like canals and roads, railroads received large amounts of government assistance in their early building years in the form of land grants. But unlike other forms of transportation, railroads also attracted a good deal of domestic and European private investment.

Answer 4

economy: trade spreaded so more valuable stuff going around so money became more valuable.

social: the culture of cowboy became more popular. adventure grows as ther are more land to be discovered

religion: ppl began to question both themselves and the nature around them