on the road an exploration of american culture
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The frontier is an important part of the American history, and the "frontier spirit" is still the basis for much of American culture and identity.TRANSCRIPT
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on the road
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by
roger jones
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part 1
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Source: "Myth Of The American Frontier." 04 Apr 2013
<http://www.123HelpMe.com/view.asp?id=157400>
“Frontier” means
borderland, or the limits
of exploration.
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Emanuel Leutze - Westward the Course of Empire
Takes Its Way
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Settlers claimed or bought land
for farming, ranching, or building a
home.
Pioneers were the first people to
enter a new land.
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ince the beginning of the
Source: "Myth Of The American Frontier." 04 Apr 2013
<http://www.123HelpMe.com/view.asp?id=157400>
European settlements,
Westward expansion
had always inspired
those who dreamed of a
new life.
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Spain and
Mexico
France Great Britain
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still part of American
culture, but it is now
more of an attitude or
dream than a reality.
he “Frontier Spirit” is
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Easy Rider, 1969
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figures of the cowboy
and the pioneer
represent?
hat values do the
Aaron Sachs, syllabus for THE WEST AND BEYOND: FRONTIERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
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Cowboy, 1880s
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Cowboys were highly skilled. They
could ride, shoot, lasso, wrangle,
round up, herd, cross rivers, 'turn'
stampedes, scout, keep watch and
drive off rustlers - all in rain, hail, and
burning sun.
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Frederick Remington, A Dash for the Timber, 1889
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Popular
fiction
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Most often, the term "American
West" is used for the area west of
the Mississippi River during the
19th century.
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West Midwest East
Mississippi River
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Patterns of migration to the west
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A trail between Independence,
Missouri and Santa Fe, Mexico that
was used for 60 years to carry
merchandise to and from the
southwest.
Santa Fe Trail
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Santa Fe Trail
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The Oregon Trail ran for two
thousand miles between
Independence, Missouri and the
northwest corner of Oregon
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OregonTrail
400,000 men, women, and children walked
2,000 miles in six months in wagon trains on
the Oregon Trail
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on the Oregon Trail
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[Oregon Trail Documentary]
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Death of Tecumseh
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Sitting Bull
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frontier life
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wagon train
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homesteading
Adeline Hornbeck
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"California Gold Diggers, Mining Operations on the Western Shore of the Sacramento River," lithograph published by Kellogg & Comstock, New York and Hartford [c. 1849-52]. 26 cm x 36 cm. Courtesy of the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
California Gold Rush 1849
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California Gold Rush 1849
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Merchant ships fill San Francisco harbor, 1850-51
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Pony Express 1860
Horses and riders carried mail from
St. Joseph, Missouri to
Sacramento, California
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Pony Express riders
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trans-continental railroad 1869
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trans-continental railroad 1869
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transcontinental railroad
1869 – the golden spike
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1889 Oklahoma Land Run
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On April 22, over 100,000 settlers and
cattlemen (known as "boomers") lined up
at the border, and with the army's guns
and bugles giving the signal, began a
mad dash into the newly opened land to
stake their claims .
In 1889, President Benjamin Harrison
authorized the opening of 2,000,000
acres (8,100 km2) of unoccupied lands in
the Oklahoma territory acquired from the
native tribes.
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1948
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John Wayne & Montgomery Clift,
Red River, 1948
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The Searchers, 1956
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1960
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A Fistful of Dollars, 1964
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