Question

Native Americans were promised new lands in the west where they would be protected from land-hungry homesteaders. This is an example of which of the following?

pull factor in migration

push factor in migration

geographic factor in migration

demographic factor in migration

Answer 1

A pull factor would be something like "Hey, area B has more resources than where we live, area A, so let's move." It is something that would make you WANT to move.

A push factor would be something like "Hey, the white people are killing off our tribes. They promised us sanctuary (which turned out to be false in most cases) over in area B. We need to get out of here."

A geographic factor would be something like "We live at the bottom of a pit. We're very vulnerable from attack here. There's a huge hill with a nice flat area that we can move to. Let's go there."

A demographic factor would be something like "We've got a tiny patch of land, and we've got nowhere to house all these people in the massive population. We need to find somewhere else bigger to move to."

Answer 2

a push factor because they had to move or would be killed along the trail of tears

Answer 3

CORRECT ANSWER:
pull factor in migration