1. U.S. History Br. Siraj Date: May 26, 2019
Why did Americans Expand to the West and What Impact did the Expansion have on Native Americans?
U.S. History
Br. Siraj
Date: May 26, 2019

2. Reasons for Westward Expansion
Jefferson’s dream of having an “empire of liberty.”
Louisiana Purchase
Others believed in a “manifest destiny”
Belief that United States is destined to be expanded to the Pacific Ocean and into the Mexican Territory.
Others moved because of practical reasons
To have a fresh start in the West after 1837’s economic panic
Farmers and miners moved to grab more land
Merchants looked for opportunities to trade with Asia.
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3. Problems with Native Americas
Some Native Americans tried to maintain strong cultural traditions
Some Native Americans began to assimilate
Others Resisted
Black Hawk War involving Sauk and Fox tribes, ended in 1832
Some Cooperation
At Middle Ground
Treaty to Stop Conflict
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Government agreed to honor the boundaries
But it violated the conditions of the treaty
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4. Routes to Westward Migration
Santa Fe Trail
Independence, MO to Santa Fe, NM
Used mostly by traders
The Oregon Trail
Independence, MO to Portland, OR.
Farmer settlers used this trail
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5. Role of Mormons in Settling the West
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints established by Joseph Smith
They moved from NY to Nauvoo, Illinois.
Brigham Young took the Mormons to further west out of the US territory.
Settled in the Salt Lake Valley
Turn the desert into farmland
Salt Lake City Blossomed
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6. Territorial Dispute
Oregon Territory was claimed by both Britain and United States
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight slogan to gain the entire Oregon.
The boundary was settled in 1846.
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7. Homework
Questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 285
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