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First Along the River Chapter 3. By: Lauren Spier. Chapter 3 The Early 1800s: Destroying the Frontier . During the 1800s, the major concerns of the Americans was settling the West. They believed it was “God’s Bounty” meant for them to use while expanding their nation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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First Along the River Chapter 3
By: Lauren Spier
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Chapter 3 The Early 1800s: Destroying the Frontier
• During the 1800s, the major concerns of the Americans was settling the West.
• They believed it was “God’s Bounty” meant for them to use while expanding their nation.
• Reflection their actions was unthinkable.• Very few voices spoke out for the preservation of the
wilderness (Ex. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and George Catlin)
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Manifest Destiny • In the 1840s, Americans coined the
term Manifest Destiny to describe their need to move further West.
• Large groups of people moved west, some towns growing from 500 to 4,000 in 10 years.
• As settlers continued to push further and further West, new inventions were used, such as the train, to continue helping the growth.
• The United States soon acquired new states, such as Texas, Alaska, New Mexico, and California.
• Urbanization grew because of higher immigration.
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Domesticating the Wilderness • Many of the native North
American plants were quickly over taken by the European plants.
• Much of the timber along the trails was taken and used, creating massive shortages.
• Many native animals were killed for their pelts, or because they destroyed the settlers crops.
• The American Bison was driven to near extinction because it was killed for sport as well as food.
• Many other animals were driven off the plains to make room for the cattle and swine being moved onto it.
• Wild stallions were also killed because they impregnated valuable mares, and ate the nearby grasslands.
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Final Conquest of the West• After the Civil War, the United
States government became involved in Westward expansion.
• The government began to remove the Native Americans, who “stood in the way of progress”.
• The Trans-Continental railroad was the biggest achievement of sponsored expansion west.
• Land was given to settlers with certain government policies, but ranchers and timber companies took advantage of the loosely enforced policies.
• A new invention, barbed wire, was starting to partition up the frontier.
• Most believed the resources of the West were inexhaustible, and did not think about the consequences of their actions.
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Renewed Interest in Nature• The romantic era helped bring
about a renewal in nature. • Many different people, using
different methods such as writing and painting drew attention back to nature.
• The arguments of people such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson helped shape the environmental movement.
• George Catlin’s argument helped initiated the idea for National Parks.
Oil Painting 1 By: George Catlin
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Sources
• http://www.sjlshots.com/tag/barbed-wire/• http://
bubblelibrary.blogspot.com/2011/05/when-were-american-bison-almost-wiped.html
• http://www.mitchellteachers.net/USHistory/WestwardMigration/ManifestDestinyandSettlingtheWestLesson.html
• http://ppaintinga.com/george-catlin-paintings/