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- Chapter 13 Section 1 Vocab due Wed Test-Corrections
after-school today!!! Test-Makeups after-school today!!! Continue
working on Final Draft of Research Paper Final Draft due Friday
December 20 Must include Works Cited and Notecards HW for
Tonight
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- Westward Expansion
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- HOW AND WHY DID THE US GOVERNMENT PROMOTE WESTWARD EXPANSION
FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR?
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- Paintings of the West Hudson River School Albert Bierstadt
Thomas Moran Morans paintings played a role in the creation of
Yellowstone National Park in 1872 The Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone, as painted by Thomas Moran
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- Romantic Notions of the West Arts and media stoked public
fascination Anything goes spirit Cowboys and Indians Buffalo Bill A
poster advertising Buffalo Bills Wild West Show
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- Defining the West The definition of the West has changed Old
West in colonial times Northwest (present-day Midwest) West of the
Missouri River A 1794 map showing the Western Territory of the
U.S., a region including present-day Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio
(among other states)
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- Transportation: Canals The Erie Canal: Hudson River to Buffalo,
NY Connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean Locks The Erie
Canal
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- Transportation: Railroads Made canals less important Major wave
of construction from 1830s through 1860s Transcontinental railroad
completed in 1869 Government support was important for success of
the canals and railroads An early railroad engine from the
1830s
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- The Transcontinental Railroad Coast-to-coast railroad line
Would facilitate trade and western settlement Chinese and Irish
immigrant labor Completed in 1869 The driving of the golden spike,
Promontory Point, Utah, 1869
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- The Transcontinental Railroad: Outcomes Increased westward
migration Bison nearly exterminated Loss of bison helped keep
Native Americans on reservations Hunters shooting at a herd of
bison from a train and along the tracks
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- Life on the Frontier All family members had to work Settlers
built their own homes and made various household items from scratch
Houses built of sod due to scarcity of trees A sod house in North
Dakota
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- Terrain made farming difficult Steel plow (1837) made
agriculture much more efficient Corn, wheat, livestock, and hunting
Great risk of disease and injury Farming on the Frontier Plowing on
the Prairie Beyond the Mississippi
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- African Americans Migrating From the South Difficulties for
Southern African Americans after the Civil War ??? Migration
westward, particularly to Kansas Exodusters Mostly remained poor,
yet better off than if they had stayed in the South Exodusters en
route to Kansas
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- Immigrants on the Frontier Immigrants settled the frontier
Mostly Europeans, including Germans and Scandinavians
Representatives traveled to Europe to entice people to emigrate The
Haymakers, by Herbjrn Gausta, a Norwegian immigrant
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- Chinese Settlers Emigrated for the California Gold Rush and to
build railroads Farm laborers Innovative farm techniques
established Californias fruit industry
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- Women on the Frontier Women settled with their husbands and
children Played a central role in their new homes Kept traditional
roles and added new ones Frontier women standing before a sod
house
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- Womens Suffrage Wyoming territory gave women the right to vote
in 1869 Utah, Idaho, and Colorado granted womens suffrage by 1900 A
political cartoon portraying George Washington with activists
Stanton and Anthony
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- 1862 Families could settle 160 acres Fierce competition for
land Displaced more Native Americans The Homestead Act Homesteaders
in front of their log cabinstyle house
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- 1862 Gave land to railroad companies to encourage construction
of railroads Pacific Railway Act of 1862
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- 1862 Provided for agricultural and mechanic arts colleges First
time federal government provided assistance for higher education
Morrill Land Grants
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- Chapter 13 Section 1 Vocab due tomorrow Test-Corrections
after-school Wednesday!! Test-Makeups after-school Wednesday!!!
Continue working on Final Draft of Research Paper Final Draft due
Friday December 20 Must include Works Cited and Notecards HW for
Tonight
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- Carlisle Indian Industrial School What do you notice in the two
photographs above?
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- To what degree were the Native Peoples able to resist U.S.
infringement on their lands?
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- Indian Removal Pressure increased on Native American territory
Indian Removal Act of 1830 Forced relocation to Oklahoma Territory
Trail of Tears A map showing the major tribes and the routes by
which the government relocated them
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- New Government Policy Previously wanted Native Americans to
continue to move westward Settlers now want to stay in the New
West, Indians are forced on to reservations
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- Culture of the Plains Indians Thrived thanks to the abundance
of wild buffalo Traveled as they followed the migration of buffalo
They disagreed with white settlers about the purpose of land
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- Destruction of Buffalo U.S. Army adopts a policy for destroying
the buffalo population Force Plains Indians on to reservations by
cutting off food supply Buffalo hides sold for a profit Hunting
Specials
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- The Ghost Dance
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- Whats wrong with this picture?
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- 2013 USA Today poll found widespread support for the Redskins
name. The poll indicated that 79 percent of Americans believed that
the Redskins should keep their name.
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- Back to Carlisle Boarding school that was created to
Americanize all Native American children In the White Mans Image
Kill the Indian, Save the Man!
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- When students arrived at Carlisle, they were dressed in
American-style clothes to change their appearance. They were
discouraged from speaking their language. The goal at Carlisle was
to separate the children from their families and communities so as
to mold them into "Americans." Officials justified child labor as
the best way to teach Indians to "work." Conditions at these
schools were such that the death rate among the children was high,
and many left in poor health.
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- Test-Corrections after-school on Friday Test-Makeups
after-school on Friday!!! Research Paper due tomorrow Must include
Works Cited and Notecards One more day
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- RAFT Role of Writer- Native American child in the 1880s
Audience- Your parents back at home Format- A hand-written letter
Topic- You want to write your parents and tell them about Carlisle
School. What is life like there? How do you feel? Why are you
there?
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- Assimilation Two reasons for creating reservations: U.S. govt
wanted control over all western territories Wanted Native Americans
to abandon their culture and become white Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) managed Native American reservations
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- Dawes Act of 1887 Provided land for Native Americans so they
could be property owners Govt believed land ownership would be an
incentive to succeed Whats the prob bob?