Good Morning Pass back tests Tape into your CB if you want to Fill out new TOC: – Unit Name : Expanding West 1.Notes EQ Summary 10.1
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10.1 Trails to the West EQ: Why did so many people travel west in the 1800’s?
discuss Would you have chosen to leave your home in the east to travel west? Why?
Americans Move West How – canoes, flatboats, horseback, wagons, walking “The High Hat” – beaver hats, very popular, high demand for beaver fur John Jacob Astor – created American Fur Company Mountain Men – fur traders and trappers who lived in the mountains Rendezvous – meetings of buyers and sellers
Americans Move West (con’t) The Oregon Trail – 2000 miles from Independence, MO to Oregon Country California Trail – from MO to CA – Took 6 months – Cost $600 per family – Hardships = weather, shortages of supplies, Indians
Americans Move West (con’t) The Santa Fe Trail – from Independence, MO to Santa Fe, NM – Hardships = blazing heat, deserts, mountains
Mormons Travel West Members of Joseph Smith’s church – Latter Day Saints Moved to Utah for religious freedom