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Closure on Immigration  The Godfather The Godfather

Looking to the West

Today’s Objectives  After today’s lesson, students will be able to…  Describe why American settlers sought the west  Explain what Indian and American relations were like  Essential Skill  Demonstrate an understanding of concepts (C5)

Going West 

The West  Push Factors  Crowding back East  Displaced farmers  Former slaves  Eastern farmland expensive  Ethnic and religious repression in Europe  Haven for outlaws  Pull Factors  Government Incentives  Pacific Railway Act  Morrill Land-Grant Act  Homestead Act  Private Property  Miners  Ranchers  Farmers

Pacific Railway Act  Government provides land to railroad companies to promote the construction of a transcontinental railroad  Why was the effect of the transcontinental railroad? Why was important?

Homestead Act (1862)  For a small fee, government provided settlers with 160 acres of land as long as…  The settlers farmed/improved the land  Stayed on the land for five years  What was the effect of the Homestead Act?

Three Time Periods: Native Americans  Resistance ( )  : REMOVAL  1850s: RESERVATIONS  Dawes Act (1887)  Resignation  Assimilation  dspace/bitstream/handle/2249.3/232/07_ntve_am_wst.htm dspace/bitstream/handle/2249.3/232/07_ntve_am_wst.htm

Indians Way of Life Destroyed  Whites killed buffalo to settle land  Indians depended on buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter  Many Indians turned to the Ghost Dance Religion  It taught that spirits of the dead Indians would return to help the Indians reclaim their land  Many whites were fearful of this movement  Asked the army to help  Calvary rounded up Sioux men on the Pine Ridge Reservation  Massacre at Wounded Knee

Wovoka & the Ghost Dance 

Complete Sheet  Read through each quote and try to determine what reason for going west it represents  Positives and Negatives of going West

Conclusion  What we learned today!  Why people traveled and settled the West (Quotes)  Why and how Americans and Indians clashed during the Gilded Age