1. Exit Project: The Many Difficulties of the Travelers on the: Oregon Trail 2. Essential Question  My essential question is: What were the difficulties the travelers…

1. TRAILS WEST 2. MOUNTAIN MAN – a fur trader or trapper who lived in the West prior to regular settlement 1 3. JIM BECKWOURTH – former slave who became a mountain man,…

1. America Expands Westward Module 5 2. Key Territories and Purchases • • • • •1803 – The Louisiana Purchase 1819 – The Florida Purchase 1846 – The Oregon…

Slide 1The Farming Frontier and the End of the Wild West Slide 2 Getting a farm Many went west in search of land ownership. The state and federal governments had given the…

Slide 1U.S. History North Carolina SCOS Presentation Unit 5 Expansion and Reform Slide 2 Objective Analysis: Unit 5: Expansion and Reform Time: 1801 – 1850 Objective: The…

Slide 1Westward Ho! Trails to the West Slide 2 Push /Pull Factors Why would people in the eastern United States want to move west during the mid-1800’s? What factors were…

Slide 1Chapter 13: Manifest Destiny Section 1: Trails West This painting (circa 1872) by John Gast called American Progress, is an allegorical representation of the modernization…

1. By Adyson Holt & Matt Pence 2. -The Americans moved west because of a hat. The “High Hat”made of water-repellent beaver fur. It was popular in the U.S.and in Europe.-John…

1. Life in the New Nation 2. Population Growth• 1780 = 13 states with 2.7 millionpeople• 1830 = 24 states with 12 millionpeople• 90% of population increasecomes from…

1. Objective:To examine the increased settlements of Utah and California. Forty-niner Mormon Tabernacle 2. Joseph Smith Since its founding in 1830, members of The Church…