1. Chapter 7 Section 2
Trails to the West

2. Trans-Appalachia The area west of the Appalachian Mountains
Attracted people that wanted to escape overcrowding

3. What areas did Americans settle in the early 1800s?
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan Territory

4. Pinckney Treaty
Set southern boundary of the U.S. (Left Florida to Spain)
U.S. citizens free to use Mississippi R. through Spanish territory
Spanish and the U.S. would control Native Americans in their own territories

5. Adams-Onis Treaty Spain agreed to cede (give up) Florida to the U.S.
Established border between Louisiana Purchase and Spanish land in the West
U.S. handed over huge portion of current territory in SW to Spain

6. Why did Spain cede Florida to the United States?
Americans already occupied Florida, so Spain saw little hope in keeping it
They decided to get whatever they could in exchange for land they would lose anyway

7. Manifest Destiny
Belief that it was the United States to possess the entire North American continent

8. Oregon Country Northern California to southern border of Alaska
Mountainous
Forested
Fertile valleys
Claimed by the U.S., Briatain, Russia and Spain
Russia and Spain eventually back out

9. Mountain Men
Men that roamed the Rocky Mountains in search of beaver pelts
Adopted Indian ways
Married Indian women
Used Indian trails that led to Oregon and California

10. How did Manifest Destiny shape American attitudes regarding the Oregon Country?
Americans began to believe it was their right to possess the Oregon Country
So they began to aggressively pursue the acquisition of the territory

11. Oregon Trail
The main route across the central plains and Rocky Mountains
Could take 4 to 6 months
$500 to $1,000 to make the trip

12. Why did people head west?
Missionary work
Land challenge
Land
Trade
Smaller population
Land, trade goods, challenge of the frontier

13. Santa Fe Trail
Route traders used to get goods to Mexican Territory

14. California Gold Rush January 1848- Gold discovered
4,000 prospectors there by August
Attracted settlers to California
California: 14,000 residents in 1848; 200,000 by 1852

15. Describe the typical “Forty-niner”

16. Unmarried
White
From the eastern U.S.

17. Ghost Towns Mining towns boomed during the gold rush
People left when the mines stopped producing towns slowly decayed and died.

18. What were some consequences of the California Gold Rush?

19. Brought hundreds of thousands of people to California
Transformed San Francisco to a major commercial center
Destroyed much of what was left of Native American cultures