8Y 05-17-2017 Monday Western Expansion Review Objective: Review for the Final Exam. Agenda: Prayer Do Now: Map Quiz Europe – Seterra in Google Classroom (15 minutes) Make sure you know the countries on your list (Google Classroom document) Review: Western Expansion Chapter 11: Page 373-374 #1-18 all Homework: Finish page 373-374 Review Questions #1-18 all. Bring a book home. The online textbook does not always work.
Western Expansion Chapter 11: Page 373-374 #1-18 all Mexican priest who led a rebellion for independence from Spain: Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla Spanish cowboys in California: vaqueros Donner party – a group of pioneers who were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and struggled to survive the winter. Agents hired by the Mexican government to attract settlers to Texas: empresarios The belief that the United States was meant to expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean: manifest destiny Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Mormons Fur traders and trappers who lived west of the Rocky Mountains and in the Pacific Northwest: mountain men Mexican ruler who fought to keep Texas from gaining independence: Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Swiss immigrant who received permission from Mexico to start a colony in California: John Sutter Western trail from Missouri to New Mexico that was an important route for trade between American and Mexican Merchants: Santa Fe Trail
Western Expansion Chapter 11: Page 373-374 #1-18 all 11A: What different groups of people traveled West? Mormons, mountain men, settlers, merchants, traders (religious freedom, money, trade, new life) 11b: Why did Brigham Young move the Mormon community to Utah? Escaped religious persecution, failed communities, wanted to start a new life/community 11c: What are some possible problems that might result from American settlement in the West? Conflict with Native Americans, slavery and statehood issues, hard to get resources, dangerous travel, new communities and government, more spread out – need to connect – rail road. 12 a: Who were Stephen F. Austin and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna? 12b: Why did settlers in Texas rebel against Mexican rule? 12C: In what ways was the Texas struggle for independence similar to that of the United States?
Western Expansion Chapter 11: Page 373-374 #1-18 all 13A: Why were some Americans opposed to the annexation of new territories? 13B: What economic and cultural influences did Native Americans and Mexican Americans have on American settlers in the Mexican Cession? 13C: What are some possible problems the acquisition of so much territory might cause the United States? 14a> What roles did women and immigrants play in the California gold rush? 14b: Why were most gold-rush settlers young, unmarried men? 14c: what long-term effects might the gold rush have on California’s future? 15: What role did economics play in the desire of Americans to go west? 16: What were the main trails to the West, and what areas did they pass through? 17: Determine the definition of annexation using context clues. 18. Place the expansions in the order which they were acquired by the United States, according to the map.