1. WEST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION
Why did Americans move west of Mississippi?

3. LAND HOMESTEAD ACT- Gov. promised land to move west.
SPECULATORS- hope to buy low and sell high.

4. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
MORMON MIGRATION- followers of Latter Day Saints (LDS) flee religious persecution.
BRIGHAM YOUNG- Led Mormons to settle near Great Salt Lake, UT.

5. MONEY SUTTER’S MILL- gold discovered in CA.
GOLD RUSH- people from all over world hope to profit from precious metals.

6. PROSPECTORS Those who hoped to find gold.
49ERS- nickname for the prospectors (1849).
SAN FRANCISCO- became large city after the Gold Rush.

7. PIONEERS
Those willing to move west.

8. ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How did people benefit from Gold Rush?

9. ENTREPRENEURS Those willing to start a business:
LEVI-STRAUSS- made fortune off selling blue jeans to miners.

10. ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How did people travel out west?

11. CARAVANS Groups of wagons for protection.
CONESTOGAS- popular type of wagon.

12. WAGON TRAILS OREGON TRAIL- Missouri to Portland.
SANTA FE TRAIL- KS to New Mexico.

13. GOLDEN SPIKE
Completed first transcontinental railroad.

14. ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What resistance did pioneers face?

15. BLACK HAWK WARS
Sauk forced out of IL and WI.

16. FORT LARAMIE TREATY
First reservations established for Native Americans.

17. 54/40 or FIGHT! U.S disputes with Great Britain over Oregon Territory.
OREGON TREATY- boundary set at 49th parallel.