Will mark 1) what were the benefits for people who moved out west? 2) what route did people take to get out west? 3) what modes of transportation were available at the time? 4) what dangers did settlers face while travelling out west? 5) what kinds of people were living in california? 6) what was life like in the west?

#1 they got free land if they were american(about 160 acres)
#2 theirs a lot but the (Oregon trail) is the most famous
#3 there were (paddle boats) on the river and )horse/ox carts) and foot
#4 they had to deal with wild animals like poison  snakes,weather,wolfs,lynx(basically wild animals and weather mainly)
#5 gold miners  mainly cause of the gold rush was going on at the time
#6 the west was hot, dry, ruff and not as easy unlike the north and east were there was rain, plants, and good farmland; there was nothing out west but dry unfertilized land and lots of wild animals.

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