When Americans moved west to settle our country, they did this for many reasons. Identify one example of a push factor and one example of a pull factor that may have encouraged Americans to make this journey. Write your answer in at least two to three sentences.

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Fletcher Gillespie

Geography

2 August, 06:57

When Americans moved west to settle our country, they did this for many reasons. Identify one example of a push factor and one example of a pull factor that may have encouraged Americans to make this journey. Write your answer in at least two to three sentences.

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Chris · Answer 1

One push factor was the belief that Manifest Destiny was for Americans to settle from sea to sea. One pull factor was all the ads in the newspapers about working and getting rich from mining gold.