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Why did former slaves move to the west after the civil war?
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What effect did the West have on the nation after the Civil War?
they wanted to move to the south
Why the settlers move to the west after the civil war?
the gold rush. the majority of them wanted their share of the fortune being made in california
Why were slaves kept in the west indies?
Slaves were kept in the West Indies to grow and harvest sugar and molesses.
How did the West African slaves traders usually obtain the slaves they sold to Europeans?
The slaves that West African slave traders sold to Europeans were usually captured in war.
How were the rights granted to slaves in West Africa cultures different from the rights of slaves in the Atlantic slave trade?
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
Why did former slaves move west?
false they moved east
Why did the former slaves move west in the 1800s?
Many former slaves moved west in the 1800s. Northerner's feared freed slaves would take their jobs. They did not want to stay in the hostile South.
What are the push and pull factors that lead to the settlers to move out west?
that the slaves worked in the south so that made the settlers move more into the west they pushed the slaves in the south and pulled the settlers back to the west
The African nation founded by former American slaves is?
The African nation founded by former American slaves was Liberia.
What two West African countries were founded for freed slaves?
The Republic of Liberia is the only country in West Africa that was founded for freed slaves. Sierra Leone began offering shelter to former slaves in 1792, but the country was not founded for freed slaves.
How did African slaves gain freedom?
13,1,15 amendment, emancipation proclamation, civil war, abolitionist's work, (frederic Douglass, harriet Tubman, sojourner truth, William loyd garrison... etc)
What effect did the West have on the nation after the Civil War?
they wanted to move to the south
After the Civil War many newly freed slaves migrated to the West. What would be considered one reason for this migration?
Many former slaves knew how to be good farmers. They had worked as plantation slaves for decades. There were opportunities in the Western frontiers to establish new lives and earn a living by farming. This also allowed them to escape from the white terrorist groups of the post-war South.
What president was a former war hero and graduated from west point?
uysless grant the civil war general of the union
Why did former slaves leave the south to go to cities of the north and west and what were their experiences once they got there?
They fled to the South and to the West because of racism and the search for new industrial jobs.
After the Civil War did the three regions of North South and West move closer together?
no
What are differences between the north and south during the civil war?
North was against making slaves states in the west South wanted to make slave states in the west
