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Westward Movement

What did the Homestead Act offer? 40 acres and a mule Gold and silver 160 acres of land An acre of land

Which two ethnic groups largely helped build the railways of the west? British and Germans Japanese and Irish Chinese and Irish Mexicans and Native Americans

How did Native Americans view land ownership?

  What was discovered in California that pushed thousands of people to move to the west?

What was the term used to describe the idea that Americans believed they had a “divine right” to expand from the east coast to the west coast? The Divine Right God’s Destiny American Imperialism Manifest Destiny

What pushed people AWAY FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE us? Post-Reconstruction South Farmland in the East was expensive The hot weather Ethnic and Religious Persecution

What Pull Factors contributed to Westward Expansion? Availability of property. Enforcement of water rights Established concepts of private property rights. Concept of Free market Constant Influx of immigrants attracted to new jobs and cheap land. Escape of the post Reconstruction South.

Homestead Act 1862 at least 21 or head of household. Settlers would receive 160 acres of land at least 21 or head of household. American citizen or immigrant filing for citizenship. built a house and lived on their claim 6 months out of a year. There were more than 80 million acres claimed.

Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 Gave state governments western land to sell to create income for “ land grant” colleges. These colleges would specialize in agriculture and mechanical arts. The state sold their land to LAND SPECULATORS.

Pacific Railway Act 1862 and 1864 1. Government gave large land grants to the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads. 2. Railroad expansion provided ways of moving to the west. 3. Railroads sold large portions of land to settlers .

Immigrants Many Chinese and Irish immigrants helped build new rail lines Irish and Northern Europeans were escaping war, famine and persecution

African Americans https://youtu.be/OF-3t8Id6mA Exodusters African Americans who moved to Kansas to escape the post reconstruction south Buffalo Soldiers Black troops who served in the U.S. military in the west https://youtu.be/OF-3t8Id6mA

Miners Miners moved west to search for precious metals Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill, California Silver at the Comstock Lode, Nevada Between 1859-1878 mining out west yielded about $400 million in silver and gold

The Shrinking Frontier Developments Settlements about every 10 miles Town to city at rapid pace Problems Lands already occupied by Native Americans Ask students if they think this will cause problems

Westward Expansion review map WRITE THE NUMBER ONE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. Tomorrow you will get a table of contents to start for your binder and this will be the first assignment in there. You will use your textbook to help you label and color the map. For #3, color the region of the 13 colonies DO NOT DO #10