文档介绍：Westward movement
Westward movement in America carried settlers across America, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The westward movement began in the early 1600's with European settlements along the Atlantic Coast of North America. It continued until the late 1800's.
An abundance of land and other natural resources lured America's pioneers westward. Fur traders, cattle ranchers, farmers, and miners led the push to the west. Merchants and other business people followed. These hard-working men and women faced great dangers, endured severe hardships, and suffered loneliness and boredom in the hope of making a better life for themselves and their children. Some of them looked to the west for wealth or adventure. Others sought to improve their social position or increase their political power. 
The pioneers struggled westward across hills, mountains, and prairies on foot and on horseback. Some floated through the Erie Canal on barges or traveled down rivers on flatboats and steamboats. Others crossed the rugged wilderness in covered wagons.
Brief introduction
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Westward Movement
1 Procedures (three periods )
2 Three peeks of the movement
3 influence
The . Westward Movement was a long and sustained process, which can be divided into the following periods.
The initial phase
focusing on agricultural development
2. The integrated-development period
based on industry
The in-depth exploratory period
mainly in the hi-tech field
Procedures
the first period( from the War of Independence to the Civil War) ---the mainly agriculture-based initial development period
The federal government took a number of political measures to promote the westward movement in the land and agricultural development, mainly in the following areas:
a. land policy.
Firstly, the . government issued the procedures and requirements in the statehood in the West.
Secondly, the . government enacted the policy to ensure the residents’ access to the land.
in 1785 “