Western Migration

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Western Migration
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Standards and Essential Question

• SSUSH 7b Describe the westward growth of the
  US include the emerging concept of Manifest
  Destiny
• E.Q. What were some of the reasons for western
  expansion?

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Take Five

• Why did people want to move out west?
• What is the difference between booster and a
  boomer---think about the football team
  supporters when answering

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The American West

• Early Pioneers
• Rugged Frontiersmen
• Developers
• Town Boosters
• Professional Boomers
• Squatters
• Claim jumpers
• Thomas Hart Benton
• Squatters rights
• Graduation

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Sen. Thomas Hart Benton (Missouri)
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• Soldiers
• Role of the military post

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The Urban Frontier

• Development of western cities
• Speculation
• Ordinance of 1785
• The Land Act of 1804
• Wildcat banks
• Panic of 1819

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Land Act of 1804

• 320 acres _at_ 2.00 per acre 640.00
• 160 acres _at_ 2.00 per acre 320.00
• 80 acres _at_ 1.25 per acre 100.00

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East vs. West (recap)

• Henry Clay
• Internal improvements
• Highway system and toll roads
• A National Road (Cumberland Rd)
• Opposition
• The American system

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Henry Clay

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Transportation Revolution

• Canals
• Erie Canal
• Mainland Canal
• Railroads
• B O

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Erie Canal
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Take Five

• What problems are associated with early steam
  transportation?

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Transportation Revolution (recap)

• Steamships
• Problems with navigating rivers
• James Watt
• Robert Fulton
• The Clermont
• Accidents

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James Watt
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Robert Fulton

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The Clermont
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Take Five

• How will Henry Clays American System impact the
  market economy of the US?