The Westward Movement and the Great Migration

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The Westward Movement and the Great Migration

• 1850-1940

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The Western Movement

• Large numbers of families left their homes for a
  better life in California, Oregon, Washington,
  Alaska and other western states.

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The Oregon Trail 1830s-1850s
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The California Gold Rush 1849
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Homestead Act 1862
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Transcontinental Railroad 1869
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The Alaska/Yukon Gold Rush 1897
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The Great Depression and the Dust
Bowl 1929-1940s
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The Great Migration

• Thousands of people from Eastern Europe, Italy,
  Western Asia, East Asia, India, and Mexico came
  to the United States in search of work and
  freedom.

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• Italy
• Balkans
• Greece
• Poland
• Ottoman Empire
• Austria-Hungary

• Russia
• Japan
• Korea
• India
• Mexico