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Transcript of Life in the West Growth in the West 1860-1900 Chapter 19, Section 3.
Life in the West
Growth in the West1860-1900
Chapter 19, Section 3
Essential Questions:
• How were women's contributions similar and/or different than men's in the West?
• What factors led to an increasing number of states admitted into the Union?
• What opportunities did African Americans have in the West?
Abigail Scott Duniway• A Woman Settler Who
Moved to Oregon in 1851
• In 1871, Started a Pro-Suffrage Newspaper for Women’s Rights
• Founded the Oregon Equal Suffrage Association
• Was Oregon’s First Woman Voter Ever!
Homestead• A Piece of Land
with a House on it in the West
• Quite Often Miles & Miles Away from Neighbors
• Quite Lonely!
• Like My MTV Crib?
Types of Jobs for Women Out West on the Frontier
• Women Were Responsible for Just About Everything Out West:– Family Doctors– Cooks– Teachers– Servants– Sheriffs– Gamblers/Outlaws– Ran Dance Halls &
Boarding Houses
Women Get Rights Out West!
• Women Were Given the Right to:–Own Private
Property–Own Their
Own $$$–Right to Vote!
Hmmm…..?
• Why do YOU think women were given these rights and respect in the West during the late 1800’s BEFORE the women in the East?
Esther Morris
• Led the Women’s Suffrage Fight in Wyoming
• Fought for Women’s Right to Vote!
• Suffrage = Right to Vote!
First 4 U.S. States To Grant Women’s Suffrage• Wyoming Was the 1st
State EVER to Allow Women the Right to Vote (WHY? Get it?)
• Colorado, Utah, & Idaho Followed
• What Did Wyoming Tell Congress When Congress Told Wyoming They Can’t Be Part of the U.S. with a Women’s Rights Laws?
Gold Rush of 1849• San Francisco Gold
Rush of 1849
• Thousands of Miners & Speculators Rushed Out to Buy Land
• San Francisco Became a Boomtown Overnight
• Over 25,000 People Migrated There in 1 Year– Led to Statehood (CA)
Boomtowns:• The Linking of the
Transcontinental Railroad to these Cities Helped Them Become Boomtowns:– Denver, Colorado:
Pikes Peak Gold Rush
– Omaha, Nebraska: Meat Packing Industry
– Portland, Oregon: Fish, Grain, & Lumber
Mexicanos• Mexicans Who Lived
in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona & California Before The Mexican-American War
• However, the Annexation of Texas & the Mexican Cession Brought That Territory Under U.S. Control
• Mexicans Became Americans (Mexicanos)
Racism Towards Mexicanos
• As American Settlers Went Out West for Mining, Ranching, & Farming, they Claimed Land that Belonged to Mexicanos
• When Mexicanos Went to U.S. Courts Claiming it was Given to them by Mexico, U.S. Would NOT Recognize Those Claims!
• Any Idea Why???
The “Myth” of the Wild West
• Most Americans Thought the Wild West was Full of Adventure/Excitement & Great Wealth
• Novels Were Written of Miners, Ranchers, Farmers, Law Officers & Outlaws
• Stories Were Often Exaggerated/Not True
• Truth is, the West was a Most Difficult Place to Live & Survive!
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
• William “Buffalo” Cody (Buffalo Bill) Created a Wild West Show
• Created Reenactments of Frontier Life in the West
• Show Played in the United States & Europe!
Wyatt Earp
• Frontier Peace Officer
• Gunfighter
• Gambler
• Famous in Towns of Dodge City, Kansas & Tombstone, Arizona
Hollywood’s Wyatt Earp
“Billy the Kid”
• Henry McCarthy “Billy the Kid”
• Outlaw & Hired Gun
• Killed at 21
Calamity Jane
• Woman on the Frontier
• Wagon Driver, Scout, & Wild West Performer
Hollywood’s Calamity Jane
Owen Wister
• Novelist Who Wrote, The Virginian (1902)
• Wrote About Wyoming Cowhands
• Exaggerated the Truth of the Wild Wild West
Buffalo Soldiers
• African Americans Serving in the Army Out on the Frontier
• Made Huge Contributions by Providing Law & Order
• Protection from Native American Attacks As Well!
• Mrs. Legendre’s Grandfather was a Buffalo Soldier
Buffalo Soldiers
Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier”
How Did the U.S. Assist Settlers Going Out West?
• U.S. Government Used the Army to Protect Settlers from Native Americans
• U.S. Also Assisted with the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
• Gave Away Free Land (Native American Land) to Settler to Come Out & Settle the West
Essential Questions:
• How were women's contributions similar and/or different than men's in the West?
• What factors led to an increasing number of states admitted into the Union?
• What opportunities did African Americans have in the West?