Unit 1 Review: Westward Expansion Notes PDF
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This document reviews the Westward Expansion in the United States, including government policies such as the Homestead Act and Dawes Act, and explains concepts such as Manifest Destiny and Assimilation. It covers key events and motivations for westward expansion.
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UNIT 1 REVIEW: WESTWARD EXPANSION The New West Identify two reasons why Americans moved out west: 1. CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 2. MANIFEST DESTINY What was the purpose of government policies: Homestead Act: TRIED TO ATTRACT POTENTIAL SETTLERS AND FARME...
UNIT 1 REVIEW: WESTWARD EXPANSION The New West Identify two reasons why Americans moved out west: 1. CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 2. MANIFEST DESTINY What was the purpose of government policies: Homestead Act: TRIED TO ATTRACT POTENTIAL SETTLERS AND FARMERS THINKING ABOUT MOVING WEST WHO OFFERED 160 ACRES OF LAND FOR LITTLE TO NO COST AS LONG AS THE LAND WAS TURNED WHAT INTO A FARM OR SOMETHING PROFITABLE. GREAT PLAINS REGION/MIDWESTERN REGION OF US WHERE 1862 WHEN GOVERNMENT WANTED PEOPLE TO START MOVING/SETTLING THE WEST SO THAT THE WHY COUNTRY COULD EXPAND Dawes Act: WHO TARGETED NATIVE AMERICANS WHAT BROKE UP NA RESERVATIONS AND FORCED ASSIMILATION ONTO NA’S. NA’S WOULD HAVE TO ATTEND “WHITE” STYLE BOARDING SCHOOLS - HAD TO CHANGE NAMES, HAIRCUTS, STYLE OF CLOTHING, CUSTOMS, CULTURE - PUT ON INDIVIDUAL PLOTS OF LAND INSTEAD OF SHARED RESERVATION PROPERTIES WHERE GREAT PLAINS REGION/MIDWESTERN REGION OF US WHEN 1887 WHY US GOVERNMENT WANTED TO “AMERICANIZE” NA’S SO THEY COULD BE ABSORBED INTO US POPULATION MORE EASILY (UNFAIR TOWARD NA’S - THINK INEQUITY, DESIRE FOR POWER, ETC.) DEFINE Manifest IDEA - GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO MOVE WEST…THINK “AMERICAN PROGRESS” PAINTING WITH THE ANGEL Destiny: Assimilation: the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially. Union Pacific: RR COMPANY - MEETS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC IN PROMONTORY POINT, UTAH IN 1869 (half of the Transcontinental RR) Central RR COMPANY - MEETS THE UNION PACIFIC IN PROMONTORY POINT, UTAH IN 1869 (half of the Transcontinental RR) Pacific: Great Plains: FLATLAND IN THE MIDDLE REGION OF THE US, BETWEEN MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS Transcontinen CONNECTED THE EAST AND WEST COAST - VERY SIGNIFICANT IN THE EXPANSION OF THE WEST - COMPLETED IN PROMONTORY POINT, UTAH tal Railroad 1869 - BUILT PREDOMINANTLY BY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS Granger WHEN FARMERS CREATED THEIR OWN POLITICAL PARTY (POPULIST PARTY) SO THEY COULD HAVE REPRESENTATION IN WASHINGTON Movement DC…NEEDED TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS LIKE HIGH INTEREST RATES ON BANK LOANS AND EXPENSIVE SHIPPING COSTS ON RR’S
