How Does "Going West" tie in with the "Reconstruction" Era? by Ed Lapp

Kyle McGrane

2013-09-11 12:20:50 UTC

People were trying to move west

Brandon Hooper

brandon_hooper — 2013-09-11 12:20:52 UTC

Maybe some people went west to get away from the east

Brodey Walton

brodey_walton — 2013-09-11 12:20:58 UTC

People wanted to move somewhere else but it made it worse

Garrett Elmer

garrett_elmer — 2013-09-11 12:21:05 UTC

Danny

daniel_gingeric — 2013-09-11 12:21:06 UTC

People were poor and they couldn't afford anything where they lived, so they went west to try to make a better life.

Cameron Mozeliak

cameron_mozelia — 2013-09-11 12:21:06 UTC

Damien Shaub

2013-09-11 12:21:12 UTC

Sierra Glick

sierra_glick — 2013-09-11 12:21:12 UTC

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elizabeth_gonza — 2013-09-11 12:21:17 UTC

Andrea Zook

andrea_zook — 2013-09-11 12:21:19 UTC

Regan Donecker

2013-09-11 12:21:20 UTC

2013-09-11 12:21:24 UTC

Nick: People didnt want to be around the war so they moved

Ryan Hoover

2013-09-11 12:21:35 UTC

Brittnee Steen

2013-09-11 12:31:51 UTC

People were sick of the constant war around them so they wanted to move their location.

Erin Cutter

erin_cutter — 2013-09-11 14:08:58 UTC

Going west ties into the Reconstruction Era because they wanted to relocate and rebuild in a new area.

Dana Brill

2013-09-11 14:09:05 UTC

Going west ties in the reconstruction era because they wanted to build a new place to stay,and wanted new and

Jared Bitts

jared_bitts — 2013-09-11 14:09:10 UTC

After they rebuilt the South and the country got bigger people started to move west looking for new land.

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ollierolke — 2013-09-11 14:09:17 UTC

manette

manette_smith — 2013-09-11 14:09:20 UTC

because we live here

Terry Disanto

terrance_disant — 2013-09-11 14:09:22 UTC

Going west were for people that wanted to escape the war and get away from the south and north fighting.

Adam

adam_mcqueen — 2013-09-11 14:09:22 UTC

the people were trying to go west and tryed a Short cut and ended up eating each other

Ben Good

benjamin_good — 2013-09-11 14:09:31 UTC

People needed to move west because they needed farmland and a place to live.

Brett Heagy

brettpower — 2013-09-11 14:09:32 UTC

it tied in with the moving to different sides of the usa

Nicolas Karg

nnicolas_karg — 2013-09-11 14:09:32 UTC

I think that it is tied because people are tired of the north so they are trying to escape it.

Michael rolke

ollierolke — 2013-09-11 14:09:33 UTC

they were moving west to find land to start up a family and to reconstruct their lives.

Connor Horst

jon_horst — 2013-09-11 14:09:35 UTC

They needed to move to west to get more farmland.

Jonathan Erickson

jonathan_ericks — 2013-09-11 14:09:39 UTC

People did not want to live where there was so much conflict so they moved west.

Chris smith

christopher_sm1 — 2013-09-11 14:10:07 UTC

because in reconstruction people also

Melissa Foraker

2013-09-11 14:10:18 UTC

stupid

Jeffrey diegidio

2013-09-11 14:10:29 UTC

i think that they moved to get away from the east were there was some conflict

raysa_perez — 2013-09-11 14:10:36 UTC

Raysa

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christopher_gr2 — 2013-09-11 14:10:48 UTC

Weston Fetterolf

weston_fetterol — 2013-09-11 14:10:56 UTC

calista_johnson — 2013-09-11 14:11:05 UTC

Calista Johnson

Going West ties into reconstruction because the gold rush.

Perzy

jarryd_gerz — 2013-09-11 14:11:33 UTC

hellooooo

kyle_doan — 2013-09-11 14:11:38 UTC

EJ

emanuel_stoltzf — 2013-09-11 15:02:37 UTC

the land was so bad in the south that people moved west for land

Jasmine Graham

jasmine_graham — 2013-09-11 15:02:56 UTC

They needed to go west so they had more land

Megan Stoltzfus

2013-09-11 15:02:59 UTC

To go west so they could get more land. The war had caused them to move.

DAVEY MARSH

2013-09-11 15:03:04 UTC

people became poor

Brendan Whiteman

brendan_whitema — 2013-09-11 15:03:05 UTC

With the war destroying most of the south leaving people with out homes people needed to move west and build homes

Elijah

2013-09-11 15:03:14 UTC

People who became poor had to move west ward to find jobs and land.

Joe

joseph_buonomo — 2013-09-11 15:03:14 UTC

moving and settling in different places

Kaitlin

2013-09-11 15:03:14 UTC

They left to find shelter and jobs

Ryan Fisher

ryan_fisher — 2013-09-11 15:03:15 UTC

People from the South move westward including blacks and poor white farmers, since they were promised a new life there.

janice_bond — 2013-09-11 15:03:22 UTC

Devin Davis

devin_davis — 2013-09-11 15:03:23 UTC

To move to new land

Zachary

2013-09-11 15:03:24 UTC

Because they leave to find jobs and new land

Carwy Haw

carly_hall — 2013-09-11 15:03:28 UTC

They move to a new land and end up being stranded. Then then began eating each other. They were eventually rescued

Darrian

darrian_peace — 2013-09-11 15:03:42 UTC

Becuase they leave to find new land and jobs

dsfsed

janice_bond — 2013-09-11 15:04:28 UTC

janice

janice_bond — 2013-09-11 15:04:45 UTC

Because everyone was poor and the war destroyed most of the south leaving people homeless

Danny Forsyth

daniel_forsyth — 2013-09-11 15:04:45 UTC

Because they travel to find shelter and jobs.

Jacky

jacqueline_tran — 2013-09-11 15:04:51 UTC

It ties to the reconstruction era because people wanted to rebuild in new ground and restart a new life.

weston berkey

weston_berkey — 2013-09-11 15:05:08 UTC

it just does

Amber Brill

amber_brill — 2013-09-11 15:05:36 UTC

a lot of people died.

Jeffrey Colon

2013-09-11 16:31:19 UTC

This ties in because people went to find new land and tried to start again.

Alyssa Clemmer

alyssa_clemmer — 2013-09-11 16:31:32 UTC

It ties in because people where heading west and they had to start over and find new jobs and rebuild everything in the South.

Kelly Manning

kelly_manning — 2013-09-11 16:31:43 UTC

It ties in because people wanted to start over and rebuild a lot of things.

Skar

2013-09-11 16:31:48 UTC

people wanteed to

2013-09-11 16:32:05 UTC

Malin. Because people who didn't want to stay in the south or go north went to the west.

kriss

kristalyn_bende — 2013-09-11 16:32:10 UTC

because of a lot of the south was destroyed and they went west to get new land like for example some southern plantations were burned and because of that crops wouldnt be able to grow there for a long time and people would go too find new land to farm

Haley Chambers

haley_chambers — 2013-09-11 16:32:12 UTC

They tie together, because both of them travel to find shelter, and food

Grant Gaynor

grant_gaynor11 — 2013-09-11 16:32:16 UTC

Because going West was a very hard thing, but once you get there, its good. Same as reconstruction. It's hard to rebuild, but once you rebuild, its good.

Alex

alexandra_speas — 2013-09-11 16:32:25 UTC

They were the

Skarlett

2013-09-11 16:32:37 UTC

because people wanted to build on new ground and start all over

Daniel Wanner

2013-09-11 16:32:44 UTC

Many Southerners homes were destroyed so they had to travel west to find a place to live

Destiny

destiny_cooper — 2013-09-11 16:32:50 UTC

Because many people's homes were destroyed, causing them to have to rebuild

Tara Doratt

tara_doratt — 2013-09-11 16:32:56 UTC

Going west ties in with reconstruction because people who moved out west were trying to build a new place to live like the reconstruction.

wyatt schwanger

wyatt_schwanger — 2013-09-11 16:33:10 UTC

It ties in with reconstruction because it shows that people wanted to rebuild everything

paige_mendenhal — 2013-09-11 16:33:15 UTC

Paige Mendenhall

It ties in with the Reconstruction Era because people wanted to move and rebuild.

Maryana Smucker

maryana_smucker — 2013-09-11 16:33:24 UTC

It ties in with the Reconstruction Era because people wanted to relocate to the West.

Ashlea Huber

ashlea_huber — 2013-09-11 16:33:32 UTC

They tie together because they both were trying to get somewhere but couldn't.

Sabrina Ryan

sabrina_ryan — 2013-09-11 16:33:40 UTC

I has to do with the Reconstruction Era because people wanted to rebuild and they wanted to relocate

Lauren Kaeser

2013-09-11 16:33:44 UTC

It ties in with Reconstruction Era because people wanted to rebuild

2013-09-11 16:34:05 UTC

because they wanted to start over

Shelby

shelby_smith1 — 2013-09-11 16:34:08 UTC

They go west to get more land.

2013-09-11 16:34:26 UTC

because people wanted to move and redue things.

Josh Stoltzfus

joshua_stoltzfu — 2013-09-11 17:20:04 UTC

They tie together because it gives them new land so that they can move and rebuild.

Jesse Fieldsa

jesse_fieldsa — 2013-09-11 17:20:35 UTC

People went west so they could get away from bad memories and rebuild their lives

Daniel Lemaster

daniel_lemaster — 2013-09-11 17:20:41 UTC

As they go west they have more land and thus can have more farms.

Michaela Ranson

2013-09-11 17:20:47 UTC

It ties in because they went west to start over and rebuild

Dorlisa

dorlisa_frank — 2013-09-11 17:20:48 UTC

Going west ties in with the reconstruction era because in the aftermath of the war, people wanted to relocate, so they moved west.

2013-09-11 17:20:58 UTC

anthony

anthony_ambrozi — 2013-09-11 17:21:01 UTC

They went west so they could start over and rebuild

They went west to start over and rebuild their people and make the world a better place

everett_kasian — 2013-09-11 17:21:02 UTC

Morgan Hollenbaugh

morgan_hollenba — 2013-09-11 17:21:11 UTC

It ties in because they were moving west to rebuild and in the reconstruction Era they wanted to rebuild the South.

Mr.rainbowSparkleBubbleTime (Nate Shantz)

2013-09-11 17:21:35 UTC

I think they moved west ties in with the reconstruction era and go somewhere they have never been before and to start fresh and try to get away from the conflict in the east

Mariel

2013-09-11 17:22:16 UTC

Going west relates to the reconstruction era because they both were trying to escape something in the past they did not want to face. As for going west they were escaping there old lives for new, hopefully better ones while reconstruction was to escape the fact that so many died and they were still divided.

estivaly

2013-09-11 17:22:24 UTC

it related because they had to leave the state. And they wanted to moved to the west. BYE BYE

alyssa

alyssa_graybill — 2013-09-11 17:22:27 UTC

it related because they have to leave the state and they wanted to move to the west

kenya

2013-09-11 17:22:55 UTC

It relates because they both had to survive.

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joshua_mobley — 2013-09-11 17:23:20 UTC

KIERSTEN BARNEY

kiersten_barnes — 2013-09-11 17:23:22 UTC

People wanted to move west to rebuild their lives and start over.

Joey

Elegys — 2013-09-11 17:23:24 UTC

They were moving west to get a way from the south were slavery was being held

captain mobley

joshua_mobley — 2013-09-11 17:23:38 UTC

how they tie together both have something to do with being stranded or broke and they wanted to start a new life.

Kat

katherine_alvar — 2013-09-11 17:24:12 UTC

How it ties together is that after the war the people wanted to get of of there so they moved towards the west

daniel_lemaster — 2013-09-11 17:26:33 UTC