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You are moving to college across the country. Due to school cut-backs, your dorm room will not be furnished in any way. What are the items you will need to bring with you?. Bell Ringer. Closing the West. Conquering America's Frontier. What is the American Dream?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BELL RINGER
You are moving to college across the country. Due to school cut-backs, your dorm room will not be furnished in any way. What are the items you will need to bring with you?
Closing the West
Conquering America'sFrontier
What is the American Dream?
To nineteenth century Americans, it was a plot of land to call your own, that – through hard work – would
prosper and you could pass down to your children.
The Westward Movement• Americans continued to move
westward in large numbers, but proved to have lots of difficulties– Independent– Tenacious– Uneducated
• Emerging literature reflected these unique types of people such as James Fenimore Cooper's woodsy hero "Natty Bumppo" in the Leatherstocking Tales, or Herman Melville's whale-hunting "Captain Ahab."
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a
trail.”
Shaping the Western Landscape
• Although the land was to be used, Americans respected it and noticed its beauty.
• George Catlin was an artist who painted western scenes and Native Americans. He was a first advocate of national parks; Yellowstone became the first national park in 1872.
• Misuses of land– “land butchery” by tobacco farmers– Fur trappers taking a toll on the beaver
population– Over-hunting of buffalo
American West, American Football
HOME ON THE RANGE
How they got there
‘49ers Strike Gold!
Don’t work harder,Work SMARTER!
When life hands you lemons,make lemonade!
...And then SELL IT!
PIKE’S PEAK
ComstockLode
Boom town to Ghost town
Calico – A local California Ghost Town
Towns of 5,000 people sprang up almost
overnight
OUTLAWS, LAWMEN, AND ENTERTAINERS
Outlaws, Lawmen, and Entertainers
Outlaws, Lawmen, and Entertainers
Wild Bill Hickok
Outlaws, Lawmen, and Entertainers
“I’m your huckleberry”
Wild West Medicine
The Buffalo’s Replacement
Chisholm Trail – The “Long Drive”
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor
heat, nor gloom of night
stays these couriers from
the swift completion of
their appointed rounds"
The Pony Express