Multipule chose Why did people move west?

for improved economic opportunities

to improve their way of life

to set up industries

to find new land to grow wheat

for security in owning land

Pioneer settlers were sometimes pulled west because they wanted to make a better living. Others received letters from friends or family members who had moved west. These letters often told about a good life on the frontier. The biggest factor that pulled pioneers west was the opportunity to buy land.

a goverment for the people by the people

congress was not thoroughly prohibiting states from funding religious schools.