Slide 1UNIT SIX Westward Expansion Slide 2 UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION In what ways did westward expansion bring both growth and conflict to the United States? Slide 3 In this…

Slide 1 Do-Now Consider the Mormon Migration discussed on Friday. Review your information and answer: 1.How far did the Mormons have to travel before settling? 2.What reasons…

Slide 1 Westward Expansion In the Mid-1800s Slide 2 1. 3 Problems traveling by wagon Stuck in the mud Dust blocks vision People get sick, no medicine Slide 3 2. Define wagon…

Slide 1 Manifest Destiny  John L O’Sullivan, newspaper editor “Away, away with all these cobweb tissues of rights of discovery, exploration, settlement, contiguity….Our…

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

Slide 1Be Prepared!!!  Grab a packet Today we will... Discuss Fur Trapping in the West Understand the origin of Mountain Men Begin talking about the Oregon Trail Slide…

Slide 1Praxis II Review Session #3: Social Studies Dr. Meg Monaghan March 6, 2013 Slide 2 Today’s Agenda: The Nation Expands Civil War Reconstruction World War I Great…

Slide 1 Chapter 12 The New Territories and War with Mexico Slide 2 Rivalry in the Northwest In the early 1800’s, four nations claimed the Oregon country- the huge area…

Slide 1 Manifest Destiny Slide 2 Main Idea: Westward expansion had political, economic, and social effects on the development of the United States. Slide 3 Mountain Men Open…

Slide 1 Highlights of the Oregon Trail Slide 2 Independence, Missouri This city was the “jumping off” point of the Oregon Trail. It was in this city that people would…