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Presentation on theme: "APUSH Review: Video #40: Transcontinental RRs and Westward Settlement, And Native Americans (Key Concept 6.2, II, A - E) Everything You Need To Know About."— Presentation transcript:

APUSH Review: Video #40: Transcontinental RRs and Westward Settlement, And Native Americans (Key Concept 6.2, II, A - E) Everything You Need To Know About Transcontinental RRs and Westward Settlement To Succeed In APUSH

Westward Migration Many migrants moved to rural and boomtown areas of the West Hoped to achieve self-sufficiency “Safety-valve” theory: Idea that one could always move west and make $ during tough economic times Economic opportunities: Building RRs, mining, farming, ranching Teddy Roosevelt in the 1880s