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THE WESTERN PIONEERS
Chapter 9 Section 1
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Americans Head West In 1800, 387,000 white settlers lived west of
Appalachian Mountainsby 1820= 2.4 million
Reasons for heading west:1) Religious reasons
2) Chance to own their own land
3) New opportunities for wealth John Louis O’Sullivan
○ Magazine editor-> declare it was “manifest destiny” of Americans to settle all of the continent (West)
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Manifest Destiny
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Manifest Destiny
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Americans Head West Farming New Lands
Farmers marked out the most fertile soil for their own○ Squatters- settled on land that didn’t belong to them
Congressed passed the Preemption Act of 1830- Gave squatters opportunity to claim and buy their land
- Up to 160 acres, $1.25 per acre
Plows and ReapersJethro Wood-> patented iron blade plow (1819)John Deere-> created a plow with sharp-edged
steel blades (1837)Cyrus McCormick-> mechanical reaper (1834)
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Jethro Wood
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John Deere
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Cyrus McCormick
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Settling the Pacific Coast Latecomers to the Midwest headed to California
and Oregon Dividing Oregon
Oregon was shared by G.B. and the U.S.○ Missionaries who were reaching out to N.A. in Oregon -> helped spread the word about settling Oregon
Populating California○ California-> belonged to Spain
Gov. of California gave land to German immigrant John Sutter- Built a trading post and cattle ranch
- 1845-> over 200 Americans settled their
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Settling the Pacific Coast Trails West
Kit Carson and Jim Bridger-> gained knowledge of Pacific frontier from natives○ Carved out several east-to-west passages-> played a vital role in
settling the west Most popular-> Oregon Trail
Wagon Train Life Made the journey in covered wagons
○ at 1st Hired mountain men to help guide them As trails became worn overlanders found their own way
- Also used guidebooks
Read about the Donner Party on pg.296. Typical trip took 5 to 6 months-> traveling roughly 15 miles per day
○ Roles of men:○ Roles of women:
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John Sutter
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Oregon Trail
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Oregon Trail
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Settling the Pacific Coast
Native AmericansFeared attacks by NA’s-> from 1840 to
1860, 362 travelers were killed by NA’s-> 426 NA’s were killed by travelers○ NA’s were very helpful for most part
Gave food, info about routes, edible pants, and water sources
As travelers increased, NA’s feared they would loose their livelihood (Buffalo)○ Led to Treaty of Fort Laramie
Promised NA’s land
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Mormon Migration
Read Mormon Migration on pg. 297Why did the Mormons head west?What happened to Joseph Smith?Who emerged as the new leader of the
Mormons?Describe the Mormon Trail.