Westward Expansion Warm Up= page 3 After reading the intro answer these questions in your notebook Write out the question, you can list answers 1. What were settlers looking for when they went west? 2. What obstacles did settlers have along their journey? 3. What groups of people were settling on the frontier and what opportunities were these groups looking for? 4. Did westward expansion have any negative impacts? If so, what were they? Westward Expansion BPQ: Was the West a land of opportunity or a place of hardship? On the Left Side of your Vocab= Westward Expansion Vocab, page 3 Select 4 of your vocab words to tie together Write a paragraph using 4 vocab words correctly in sentences. Make it story and Individualism Migration Property Rights Homestead Act= Free land Pacific Railway Act Cattle Industry Boom Transcontinental Railroad Klondike Gold Rush Boom and Bust Towns Cattle Drive Chisholm Trail Range Wars Exodusters Migration: Push and Pull Factors A PUSH factor is something that PUSHES you away from the place you are leaving (negative) A PULL factor PULLS you towards a place you are going (positive) Push or Pull? New job in another state Push or Pull? New job in another state Hurricane Katrina Push or Pull? New job in another state Hurricane Katrina Religious Persecution Push or Pull? New job Hurricane Katrina Religious Persecution The right to vote or get married Push and Pull for Homesteaders Exit Ticket: Describe all the reasons people were pulled to settle in the Great Plains and all the reasons people were pushed