PPT-Ch. 16: Life in the West

Objectives By the end of this PowerPoint students should be able to List the reasons that explorers Californios mountain men missionaries pioneer women Mormons fortyniners and Chinese moved to the West. by: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Kwesi. . Abakah. Errol Allen. Ode to the west wind. . #. O . WILD West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being .   . Thou . from whose unseen presence the leaves . Today’s Essential Question: How did diverse groups help to shape both the reality and . the myth of the Old . West?. Vocabulary . myth – widely-held belief in something that is not true. territory – what a state usually is before it is officially admitted to the Union. Kit Carson and His Three Wives: A Family History. . Marc Simmons. (2003).. He left his home in Missouri at the age of 17 to become a hunter and trapper in the West.. Kit Carson and His Three Wives: A Family History. . Unit 8 Western Expansion. The primary objective was to explore and map the newly acquired territory, find a practical route across the Western half of the continent, and establish an American presence in this territory before Britain and other European powers tried to claim it. The journey west!. Think about it…. If your family was moving across to country to a place where there was nothing in the place where you were moving…no houses or stores or schools…what ten things would you definitely pack and why?. Westward Expansion! . Think about it…. If your family was moving across to country to a place where there was NOTHING in the place where you were moving…no houses or stores or anything…what ten things would you definitely pack and why?. The SU under Leonid Brezhnev continued to suffer from the ills that were plaguing the country for decade, namely slow agricultural output, and shortage of basic goods. . The consumer goods, however, for the first time received more attention.. pictures: part 3. Free land on the Plains. Propaganda and promises. Go west!. Cheap land offered by railroad companies. Immigrants from Europe, escaping poverty and persecution. Homesteaders from the Eastern States and European immigrants work hard to farm the windswept Plains. Remember what we discussed in 2.1b? About Native Americans?. ***During and after the . Civil War the . US entered a period of rapid economic growth. ****We expanded out West very rapidly. ***Growth . In other words, take as much land as possible for the good . ol. ’ US of A no matter who gets in the way!. WESTWARD EXPANSION . The West is “ROMANTICIZED” or… . It is made to sound much BETTER and EASIER than reality!. Before we begin learning, please ensure that you:. Are standing behind your desk in silence;. Have your learning diary and pencil case on your desk;. Have a smart uniform.. Please be seated in SILENCE.. Today’s Essential Question: How did diverse groups help to shape both the reality and . the myth of the Old . West?. Vocabulary . myth – widely-held belief in something that is not true. territory – what a state usually is before it is officially admitted to the Union. America Spreads Across the Continent from Sea to Shining Sea. …. 1800s America. Section 1: . Miners, Ranchers, and Cowhands. Geography & Population of the West:. . - not many lived in the Great . Kit Carson and His Three Wives: A Family History. . Marc Simmons. (2003).. He left his home in Missouri at the age of 17 to become a hunter and trapper in the West.. Kit Carson and His Three Wives: A Family History. .