1. In response to video: “The west – Episode Two: Empire upon the Trails” (5:00 – 16:00), answer following questions in your notebooks:
What were the motivations of the Mountain Men
coming to the American West?
(2) Describe the lifestyles of the Mountain Men, and what usually happened at the yearly rendezvous?
(3) What does Lone Dog’s Winter Count depict?
(4) What does the video present regarding the Lakota peoples and their connection to the Black Hills?

2. Adding new territory always adds to tension between North and South and leads to the questions –
(1) Will this new territory allow slavery? and
(2) How do we maintain the balance between free and slave states?

3. Northwest Ordinance, 1787
Slavery prohibited in “Northwest Territory” as the Ohio River becomes the boundary dividing free and slave states.
New standard for state admission.

4. Louisiana Territory, 1803 Modern-day States eventually created:
- Missouri, 1821
- Arkansas, 1836
- Texas, 1845
- Iowa, 1846
- Minnesota, 1858
- Kansas, 1861
- Nebraska, 1867
- Colorado, 1876
- North Dakota, 1889
- South Dakota, 1889
- Montana 1889
- Wyoming, 1890
- Oklahoma, 1907
- New Mexico, 1912
1803 – Louisiana Purchase, one of the best financial deals of all-time!!
Purchased from France.

5. Settlement Patterns in the West
First, the fur trappers and the mountain men …
This era of the “mountain men” in the Rocky Mountains of the West begins around 1810 to 1880, peaking in the 1840’s.

6. Settlement Patterns in the West
Second, is the era of the covered wagons and the “Overland Trails” with families.
Used most heavily during the 1860’s …

8. Settlement Patterns in the West
Third, is the era of gold prospecting in the West, which technically happens after the beginning of travel on the overland trails.
This era begins w/ discovery of gold in California in 1849.
Fourth, is the era of railroad expansion in the West, which accelerates after the Civil War.

9. In response to video: “The west – Episode Two: Empire upon the Trails” (5:00 – 16:00) answer following questions in your notebooks:
What were the motivations of the Mountain Men coming to the American West?
(2) Describe the lifestyles of the Mountain Men, and what usually happened at the yearly rendezvous?
(3) What does Lone Dog’s Winter Count depict?
(4) What does the video present regarding the Lakota peoples and their connection to the Black Hills?

10. Lone Dog’s Winter Count
High Dog’s Winter Count
Sam Kills Two

11. Traditional Lakota Lands
Native American Tribes w/ ties to Black Hills …
Oceti Sakowin / Seven Council Fires …
Origin of “Sioux” name …
Originated in the Black Hills?
Migration History …