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Terms in this set (52)
Settlers could officially claim 160 acres of land to
live on and farm
Homestead Act 1862
After 5 years settlers were sold a certificate of
ownership for $30
A concept spread by the US government that made
Manifest destiny people think it was there destiny to live across the
whole of America
1837 (Reason for moving Banks collapse in the East thousands bankrupt
west, push)
• Missionaries wanted to convert Indians to
Religious reason for Christianity
moving west (2) • People converted to Mormons wanted to go to
the salt lake city
1848 (Reason for moving Gold discovered in California
west, pull)
Between 1840 and 1860 34,000 people died
( journey west)
The government gave land either side of new rail-
Rail-road subsidies
road tracks to the rail-road companies.
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Growth of towns (how Railroad companies sold much of the 155 million
did the government help acres they owned to help new planes towns grow
settle the plains)
This set up the Union pacific railway company to lay
Pacific Railways Act 1862 track east to west and the Central Pacific Rail-road
Company to lay tack west to east
Why were the Black Hills • It is where they went to bury their dead
of Dakota sacred to the • Where medicine men would go for special
Sioux (2) guidance on important decisions
Amount of people 90,000
digging for gold in 1849
• Surface gold was exhausted and the "forty-niners"
returned home
Mid 1850's (Gold)
• Professional miners backed by inverters in the east
came in and turned mining into a profitable business
What was wrong with Innocent people could easily be executed for
vigilante groups getting on the wrong side of an influential citizen
• Divided Mormons into manageable groups each
with a leader
How did Brigham Young
• Insisted on strict discipline, giving everyone a
organize the Mormons
specific role to play
on the journey to the
• Taught them how to form their wagons into a circle
Great Salt Lake
at night for safety
• Insisted on regular resting places
• He had total control over his community because
they believed God inspired all his decisions
• Decided that now one owned any land, water or
How did Brigham Young
timber and that it would all be allocated fairly by the
establish Salt Lake City
Mormon church
• Dug irrigation ditches so all the land could be
irrigated
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GCSE Edexcel History The American West
(2025) comprehensive questions and verified
answers ( detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM
2025 TEST!!
Save
Terms in this set (52)
Settlers could officially claim 160 acres of land to
live on and farm
Homestead Act 1862
After 5 years settlers were sold a certificate of
ownership for $30
A concept spread by the US government that made
Manifest destiny people think it was there destiny to live across the
whole of America
1837 (Reason for moving Banks collapse in the East thousands bankrupt
west, push)
• Missionaries wanted to convert Indians to
Religious reason for Christianity
moving west (2) • People converted to Mormons wanted to go to
the salt lake city
1848 (Reason for moving Gold discovered in California
west, pull)
Between 1840 and 1860 34,000 people died
( journey west)
The government gave land either side of new rail-
Rail-road subsidies
road tracks to the rail-road companies.
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, 2/15/25, 6:35 AM GCSE Edexcel History The American West (2025) comprehensive questions and verified answers ( detailed & elaborated) AC…
Growth of towns (how Railroad companies sold much of the 155 million
did the government help acres they owned to help new planes towns grow
settle the plains)
This set up the Union pacific railway company to lay
Pacific Railways Act 1862 track east to west and the Central Pacific Rail-road
Company to lay tack west to east
Why were the Black Hills • It is where they went to bury their dead
of Dakota sacred to the • Where medicine men would go for special
Sioux (2) guidance on important decisions
Amount of people 90,000
digging for gold in 1849
• Surface gold was exhausted and the "forty-niners"
returned home
Mid 1850's (Gold)
• Professional miners backed by inverters in the east
came in and turned mining into a profitable business
What was wrong with Innocent people could easily be executed for
vigilante groups getting on the wrong side of an influential citizen
• Divided Mormons into manageable groups each
with a leader
How did Brigham Young
• Insisted on strict discipline, giving everyone a
organize the Mormons
specific role to play
on the journey to the
• Taught them how to form their wagons into a circle
Great Salt Lake
at night for safety
• Insisted on regular resting places
• He had total control over his community because
they believed God inspired all his decisions
• Decided that now one owned any land, water or
How did Brigham Young
timber and that it would all be allocated fairly by the
establish Salt Lake City
Mormon church
• Dug irrigation ditches so all the land could be
irrigated
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