Westward Expansion. In 1780, 2.7 million people lived in the original 13 states By 1830, 12 million...

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Westward Expansion

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Westward Expansion

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In 1780, 2.7 million people lived in the original 13 states

By 1830, 12 million people lived in 24 states– The average family had five children !!

50 Years Later…

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Push Factors

“THE MOTIVATION”

What causes people to leave?

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Push Factors to the WestOvercrowding (you need a new place to live)

Need for jobs (displaced workers)

Ethnic/Religious repression

Refuge for outlaws

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Push Factors

Think about . . .

What “pushed” you out of bed today?

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Pull Factors

“THE INSPIRATION”

What leads people to a particular area?

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Land (cheap and plentiful)(you want a new place to live)

Riches (gold, silver, later oil)

Freedom of religion/beliefs

Family connections

Jobs and new opportunities

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Adventure!

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Or maybe to find love ??

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Pull Factors

Think about this . . .

What “pulled” you to SS today?

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Incentives to go west included:The Pacific Railways Act– granted railroad company’s 10 square

miles on either side of each track laid west

Morrill-Land Grants– land grants from states to educational

facilities with curriculum tied to agriculture and mechanical arts

– (Texas A&M, Oklahoma A&M etc..)

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Incentives to go west included:

Homestead Act – for approximately $10, settlers could have 160 acres of western land, if they met certain criteria:

• American citizens who were 21 years or older, or the head of a household

• Built a home on their lot, and lived in it at least 6 mos. of the year

• Farmed the land for 5 years or more

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Why did the government encourage so many Americans to go west?

A belief in the philosophy of Manifest Destiny, which stated that …..

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…. God, …, clearly wanted hard–working American(s) to occupy North America. It was inevitable and good that the United States occupy the continent “from sea to shining sea.”

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It is, he wrote, “our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.”

John L. O’Sullivan gave these ideas a name: Manifest Destiny.

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Were there any specific incentives for groups of people to travel west?

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What were some of the issues preventing western expansion?

Financially ExpensiveLong JourneyUncharted TerritoryFear of the UnknownClimate and GeographyNative AmericansForeign Claims to the Land

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If we wanted the land, how could we acquire it?

War

Purchase

Theft

Trade

Land Grants

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Once we’ve decided to go west, how did we get there?

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on steam powered boats

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Wagon Trains

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On Horseback

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Stagecoach

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Locomotive

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Most often – WALKING!!!

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Transcontinental Railroad

Connected the East Coast w/ the West Coast

2 Companies

1. Central Pacific Railroad

2. Union Pacific Railroad

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Central Pacific Railroad

Moved east out of Sacramento, CA

Used Chinese Immigrants to lay track

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Union Pacific Railroad

Moved west out of Omaha, NB

Used Irish Immigrants to lay track

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Transcontinental Railroad

Took 7yrs to complete

May 10, 1869 @ Promontory Point Pres. Grant connected two lines w/ a golden spike

Time Zone were then created to keep trains on time.

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Problems for Western Settlers

Drinking Water – collected rain water– “Prairie Fever” or Typhoid

Solution: Dig Wells– DANGEROUS!

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Problems for Western Settlers

Squatters – people who moved onto land that doesn’t belong to them

Women find ways to preserve food, make clothing, soap, & candles

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Exodusters

Groups of African Am. moved west.

Led by Benjamin “Pap” Singleton

Get away from harsh treatment

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Exodusters

Where did they get their name?

BIBLE

– Book of Exodus

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Native American Wars

1830’s Pres. Andrew Jackson removed all major Nat. Am. Tribes west of the MS River (Oklahoma)

Trail of Tears

Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, & Seminole

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Native American Wars

Many Tribes signed land treaties

They were then put on reservations – federal land set aside for Nat. Am. Tribes

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Native American Wars

Apache Wars – began during the Civil War in 1861; lasted 25 years

Apache were forced onto reservations

Geronimo – famous Apache leader

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Native American Wars

Sand Creek Massacre – US troops led by Col. John Chivington raided a Cheyenne camp

450 men, women, & children were killed in the raid

Cheyenne tribe will surrender a yr later

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Native American Wars

First Sioux War – started in 1866 when gov’t started building a road through their land

Sioux attacked the

men killing 80.

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Native American Wars

Sioux agreed to live on a reservation in the Dakota Territory

1875 US gov’t violated the treaty

Allowed gold miners on the land

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Native American Wars

Second Sioux War – Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse led a small band off reservation.

Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer- leader of 7th Cavalry; was set after Sioux

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Native American Wars

Battle of Little Big Horn – the Sioux had joined forces w/ other tribes

Col. Custer & 200 of his men died in the battle

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Native American Wars

In response – gov’t floods region w/ troops

Eventually Sioux returned to res.

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Native American Wars

Massacre at Wounded Knee – after Sitting Bull’s death; followers left res. to perform Ghost Dance

7th Cav. sent – killed 200 unarmed Sioux

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Extinction of the Buffalo

Railroad – killed to feed workers

Settlers – killed for hides/fun

Gov’t – killed them to starve out Native Am.

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Dawes Act

Gave plots of land to Native Am families

Land not good for farming

Not interested in farming

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Indian Territory

Present Day Oklahoma

Gov’t gave away 2 million acres of Indian land to whites in a race

April 22, 1889 – Great Race – over 10,000 settlers raced for claims

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Indian Territory

Boomer – settler who rushed into the land legally

Sooner – settler who marked land before the race

illegally

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Farming

Harsh Conditions

Dry Farming – crops that don’t need much water

Bonanza Farms – farm controlled by large businesses – grew single crop

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Mining

Gold & Silver strikes all over the west

Mining towns scattered all over west – mostly men

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Mining

Placer Mining – shovel loose dirt into boxes/ pans then run water over it.

Once metals gone towns became ghost towns

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Cattle Industry

Growing pop. = demand for more beef

Problem: How to get cattle from TX ranches to railway centers in the north?

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Cattle Industry

Long Drive – transporting cattle from ranges to cow towns/ railway centers

Cowboys helped move cattle

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Cattle Industry

Farmers against cattle drives

Barbed Wire – invented by Joseph Glidden ended the Long Drive

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Populist Party

Created by Farm and Labor Leaders

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Populist Party

Increase circulation of $

Unlimited printing of silver

Progressive Income Tax – % of taxes owed increases w/ income

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Populist Party

Gov’t control of communication & transportation

8 hour work day

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Western Legends

Buffalo Soldiers – name give to African Am. Cavalry

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Western Legends

Dime Novels – fictional western stories about real people

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Western Legends

Pony Express – Relay mail delivery system

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Western Legends

Deadwood Dick

Nat Love

African Am cowboy & rodeo star

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Western Legends

Jesse James

Led gang w/ bro

Robbed banks & trains

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Western Legends

Billy the Kid

William Boney

Hired Gun

Stole Cattle

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Western Legends

Butch Cassidy

Led Wild Bunch

Robbed banks & trains

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Western Legends

Sundance Kid

Henry Laughabough

Butch Cassidy’s partner

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Western Legends

Doc HolidayJohn HoldiayDentist turned gamblerGunfight @ OK Corral

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Western Legends

Wyatt Earp

US Marshall

Doc’s friend

Gunfight @ OK Corral

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Western Legends

Bat Masterson

Town Sherriff

Friend of Wyatt Earp

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Western Legends

Wild Bill HickockJames HickockTown SherriffKilled playing poker

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Western Legends

Buffalo Bill

Bill Cody

Army Scout

Showman

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Western Legends

Annie Oakley

Expert markswomen

Part of Buffalo Bill’s show

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Western Legends

Calamity Jane

Martha Jane Cannary

Army Scout

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