1. Unit 6 ½: Post Reconstruction South and West
Is progress always a good thing?
Topic 1: The Jim Crow Era in the South
Topic 2: Westward Migration

2. Crossing the Country, 1860’s
Why hadn’t Lewis and Clark found a water route to the Pacific in 1804?
What was the quickest way to travel long distances in the 1860’s?
What obstacles would you face if you tried to build a cross-country route?

3. Railroads, 1860

4. Railroads, 1870

5. Railroads, 1890

6. How do you build a railroad through that?

8. In June of 1867, two thousand Chinese railroad workers went on strike for a week, demanding increased wages, work hours equal with whites, and an end to beatings. Central Pacific broke the strike by withholding food from the Chinese, as they were isolated in the high mountains of the Sierras.

9. Greatest Empire Under God –
Intro – start at 2: Y (watch first 7 minutes or so)
Artillery of Heaven (7:30 min): 7g

10. 160 acres after 5 years if you farmed & improved the land
Who might want to go settle the West? Why?
Southerners
Exodusters
Former soldiers
Homestead Act of 1862
160 acres after 5 years if you farmed & improved the land

11. Exodusters
With a partner, read the article on Exodusters in the 1870s and complete the questions.

12. Imagine you are a settler here
Imagine you are a settler here. You have just arrived in your covered wagon. What do you need to do?
What tools/technology would you need?

13. New Technology Helps Settle the West
I will send this link to you via Remind. Open it and take notes on the technologies. Sketch a quick picture of each one.

14. Living on the Great Plains
Soddies = Sod Houses

15. Exodusters by their soddy.

16. Technology Makes Farming Profitable
What made farming possible in the West?
The steel plow cut through thick prairie grass.

17. Technology Makes Farming Profitable
What made farming possible in the West?
Windmills made it possible to get water from the ground for farming & livestock.

18. Technology Makes Farming Profitable
What made farming possible in the West?
The mechanical reaper made harvesting faster
Inventor: Cyrus McCormick

19. Technology Makes Farming Profitable
What made farming possible in the West?
Barbed wire protected farms and livestock.

20.
Lure of the Homesteaders

21. Technology Makes Farming Profitable
What made anything possible in the West?
Railroads!
A way to ship goods quickly to and from the East.

22. What impact do you think settlers had on the Great Plains?

23. What impact do you think settlers had on the Great Plains?
In 30 years, the bison population fell from more than 30 million to less than 1,000.

24. Wound in the Heart (start at 1:30)

25. Cowboys
What does “cowboy” make you think of?
What was a cowboy’s job?

26. Cattle Drives
Herding cattle from Texas to railroads to get to markets in the East.

27. “One single invention will threaten the cowboy’s entire way of life” – What do you think this is?

28. Teddy Blue Abbot (7 min)

29. Day 2

30. What do you think happened to the Native Americans who lived in the West?

32. Dawes Act clip from “The West” –outcome of our endeavors
Ghost Dance (like wheat before the sickle) clip from “The West”

33. Indian Reservations, 1902
Animated Map

34. “Kill the Indian and Save the Man”

35. In the White Man’s Image
:30 – 34:30 – Carlisle School
Aaron Huey Pine Ridge – Ted Talk
Today: “America is a Stolen Country (5:45)

36. Debate Should the Washington Redskins change their name?
Three Corners: Yes, No, I’m not sure
Read the article
Write your response, individually.
Get in groups of 6 and debate.
Full class discussion.
Yes or No?

37. In the Book
Read pages
Answer the questions on the handout.