Currently we are learning about western migration and all of its ups and downs. Western migragtion took place before the Civil War. This time period was very hard and many people struggled a lot. Exspecailly Native Americans who were continiously kicked off of thier land.
Western Migration was when people who lived in the eastern coast traveld west for land, money, or freedom. Many traveld west for money. In 1849 there was a gold rush. Many people migrated to CA to capture all of this gold. Well it turned out, there wasn't as much as everyone thought. There also was a silver rush. But many did not find silver for they did not know what it looked like before being cleaned, so once agian it didn't hit they way every one expected.
Many also moved west and became homesteaders. They bought plots of land for so much money, and had to farm and live on it for five years. After that time period, it was thiers to keep. The problem here was the plots of land often wasn't enough for farmers to feed their family and make a profit. so many familys would have to team up and work together. Also the west was very dry and hard to farm.
Moving west was also hard because of Native Americans. They often would attack migraters along the way. Native Americans were moved out of their land and forced on to other land that the goverment allowed them to have. This made them very mad. Also there are many mountians, rivers, deserts, and along the western way. This made it hard for people to migrate west.
Western Migration was not very easy. Land conditions were harsh and dry. Money was tight, and hard to find. Also there were many natives that didn't like western settlers.
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i agree with u that during western migration that there were alot of problems the the migrators had while trying to go west. they didnt know the land very well and they also crossed terrriotoires of the native americans and the natives didnt like this so they attacked the migrators.
This was a very good blog about the advantages and disadvantages of Western Migration. I believe western migration was more of a disadvantage than an advantage because many people went in to debt instead of prosperity. The only advantage of western migration is a person could by 168 acre land for a fee of 10 dollars, but they would have to take care of the property for 5 years until it becomes their property. The disadvantages include angry natives, dry heat, bad weather conditions, mountains, deserts, and etc. This is why I believe the Western Migration was more of a, disadvantage than an advantage.
I agree with all of your key points about how difficult westward migration was for all involved. I probably wouldn't have risked falling into debt by moving west. Although new technology allowed farmers to utilize the dry land more effectively, many of them didn't have enough land to be profitable. Even today, I believe there are still farmer unions to ensure that farmers can make reasonable profits.
Western migration did have a lot of problems. Sometimes it seems that they weren't worth it,in my mind the disadvantages seem to out weigh the advantages. People couldn't even make a good profit with the amount of land that they had, subtract the machine and supplies cost and the 10$ fee, people were not becoming wealthy like they thought they would. It does not seem like a good experience, it must have been really hard
I liked reading your blog. I agree with your key points and details. sometimes it feels that it doesnt even make sense to risk all that to move west. They didnt know as much back than as we do now.
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