west of mississippi river. essential question why did americans move west of mississippi?
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WEST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• Why did Americans move west of Mississippi?
LAND
• HOMESTEAD ACT- Gov. promised land to move west.• SPECULATORS- hope to buy low and sell high.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
• MORMON MIGRATION- followers of Latter Day Saints (LDS) flee religious persecution.
• BRIGHAM YOUNG- Led Mormons to settle near Great Salt Lake, UT.
MONEY
• SUTTER’S MILL- gold discovered in CA.• GOLD RUSH- people from all over world hope
to profit from precious metals.
PROSPECTORS
• Those who hoped to find gold.• 49ERS- nickname for the prospectors (1849).• SAN FRANCISCO- became large city after the
Gold Rush.
PIONEERS
• Those willing to move west.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• How did people benefit from Gold Rush?
ENTREPRENEURS
• Those willing to start a business:• LEVI-STRAUSS- made fortune off selling blue
jeans to miners.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• How did people travel out west?
CARAVANS
• Groups of wagons for protection.• CONESTOGAS- popular type of wagon.
WAGON TRAILS
• OREGON TRAIL- Missouri to Portland.• SANTA FE TRAIL- KS to New Mexico.
GOLDEN SPIKE
• Completed first transcontinental railroad.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What resistance did pioneers face?
BLACK HAWK WARS
• Sauk forced out of IL and WI.
FORT LARAMIE TREATY
• First reservations established for Native Americans.
54/40 or FIGHT!
• U.S disputes with Great Britain over Oregon Territory.
• OREGON TREATY- boundary set at 49th parallel.