august 28, 2013--fifty years ago

Think about the people of The West

1. Name as many groups as you can from our film and notes on The West

2. Who was on the land first?

3. Who built the railroads?

4. What groups left areas of discrimination to find their freedom in The West?

Compare/Contrast

Native American Indians• Purpose

• How were they treated by Americans migrating West from the East?

• How did the U.S. respond to them with programs and legislation?

Chinese Immigrants• Purpose

• How were they treated by Americans migrating West from the East?

• How did the U.S. respond to them with programs or legislation?

Activities

Indians• Read the last page of the

notes about the Indian Commissioner’s report and the response of the Plains Tribal Leaders

• Read the Dawes Act and complete the activity on the handout with a partner

Chinese• Read over the notes on the

Chinese Immigrants

• Read “Violence Against The Chinese Immigrants” and complete the activity on the handout with a partner

Second Semester—APUSH—70%/30%

• The West• The Gilded Age• Progressive Era• Imperialism• World War I• Roaring 20s• Great Depression• World War II• The Cold War• Civil Rights• 50s and 60s• 70s-2000s

• AP Test registration due Feb. 5

• APUSH Study Sessions begin on Wed. afternoons in March

• APUSH Practice Test: RHS—Tuesday, April 7, 5pm DHS—Wed., March 25, 5pm GHS—Sat., April 11, 8am

• STAAR Exam—Monday, May 4

• APUSH Exam—Friday, May 8, 8am

AP: Migration—a list of migratory patterns in U.S. History

Colonial—English, Spanish, French

Western European immigration

Crossing the Appalachians

Crossing the Mississippi

Americans going into NW Territory

Americans going into deep South

Americans crossing the Great Plains heading westward *

Chinese immigration

Southern and Eastern European immigrants

Americans leaving rural areas for cities

Mexican immigrants

African Americans moving from the South to the Northern cities

African, Middle Eastern, Asian immigrants

Latin American immigrants

War Refugees as immigrants

Americans moving to the West Coast, South, Southwest (Sun Belt)

The American West

History is about…people!

• Who were the people who went Westward from the Eastern side of the United States?

• What motivated them to leave? What did they leave behind?

• How did their family history play into their decision to leave?

• How did their American history and national identity encourage them to go Westward?

• What was their main priority in determining where they live? Will the West provide that for them?

Which people?

• Migrating Americans from the eastern states• Migrating freedmen from Southern states

(“Exodusters”)• Immigrants from Europe and China• Native American Tribes• Hispanic Americans who lived in the Mexican

Cession—lands ceded to U.S. after the Mexican War in 1848

History is about…places!

• How has geography influenced the development of the United States?

• What is expansion?

• What is manifest destiny?

• What innovations led to economic prosperity in Western territories?

• What led Western territories to statehood?

History is about…ideas!

“This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”

List• 1. Three places you would like to move in the U.S. but outside

of Texas• 2. Next to each place, name one reason you would move there.• 3. Rank the three places as first choice, second, and third.• 4. Based on your choices and reasons, what is your greatest

priority regarding where you live? (Underline it)• 5. Compare your priority with other people in the class.• 6. How would your priority be different than your parents or

your teachers?• 7. How would your priority be different from people your age in

the 1860s?

The Great American West1860-1900

World PerspectivesVocabulary

Film: The Real WestMap of Western States

RailroadsCattle IndustryIndian Wars

Stories and MythsClass set of notes on Farming, Ranching, Mining, Logging, Women, Lawmen, Outlaws, Entertainers with Worksheet

Test

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Film: The Real WestWrite one fact for each topic

1. Wagon Trains2. Why people moved West3. Threats and Problems4. Towns5. Cattlemen6. Women7. Miners8. Good guys and bad guys9. U.S. Soldiers10.Native Americans

Manifest Destiny—goal of U.S. lands reaching the West coast

Primary Source: Painting Analysis1. Describe the elements in

the painting.2. What does the central

figure symbolize?3. How is this personification?4. How is this hyperbole?5. What is the posture of

figure? Why?6. Why is she wearing a toga?7. What is the significance

of item she carries?

How many ways could people go Westward from the East?

• Stagecoach• Wagon train• Foot• Horseback• Railroad• Ship?• River boat?

• All water route from New York to California

• Expensive• “Rounding the

Horn”• Dangerous• Took three

months• One short cut

What were the obstacles for people going Westward from the East?

• Aggressive animals• Aggressive Native peoples• Lack of water• Rough terrain• Disease• Weather• Lack of supplies and resources

“Go West, young man, go West.”

“Two things could settle the West: women and railroads.”

The Homestead Act of 1862

• Free land of 160 acres• House within 6 months• Crop within 5 years

Why did people go West?

Push Factors• Business was bad• South lost the Civil War• Land was expensive• Family problems• Economic problems• Prejudice and

discrimination

Pull Factors• Homestead Act• Farming• Cattle ranching• Adventure• Mining• Opportunities for women• Starting over• Land speculation• Manifest destiny

Economic Activity in the West

• Homesteading (farm)• Ranching—cattle or

sheep• Mining• Lumber• Town professions• Railroad• Land speculation• Other…

The West Vocabulary—Unit 2P. 1261. Vigilantes2. Transcontinental

Railroad3. Land grants4. Open range system5. Homestead Act6. Exodusters 7. Las Gorras Blancas

P. 1188. Reservations9. Sand Creek Massacre10. Sitting Bull11. Battle of the Little Big

Horn12. Chief Joseph13. Wounded Knee14. Assimilated15. Dawes General

Allotment Act

Map—Label the States

• See textbook p. 798• See atlas p. 72-75• Atlas background p. 52

• Label major bodies of water

• Draw and label major RR lines

• Draw and label major cattle trails

• Draw and label major Indian battles

People of the West

• Plains Indians• Chinese immigrants• African American

“Exodusters”• Mexican Americans

• Immigrants• Anglo Americans from

the East

• Fought off threat to buffalo• Built Transcontinental RR• Became farmers and ranchers

• became “foreigners in their own land”

• Opportunists• Fulfilled “manifest destiny”

with protection of U.S. Government

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

• Ended immigration after the transcontinental railroad was finished

• Led to problems between Chinese Americans and others

Film Clips

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxaJY8UZxn4

• http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/native-american-cultures/videos/the-buffalo-and-native-americans

• Oklahoma Land Rush

• Native Americans: Buffalo and Battles

Frederick Turner--Historian

• Declared the end of the frontier in 1890

• Why 1890?

• Declared that America is the product of our frontier experience

• This is called the Turner Thesis

The Turner Thesis and The American Cowboy

• Stereotypes and Archetypes• Dilemmas (“the quest”)• Settings• Loyal friends• Conflicts• Talismans• Plot Line and resolutions• Turner and the “close of the frontier” (“civilization”)

John Wayne--the Orange County airport is named for him

Spaghetti Westerns

Television• Bonanza• The Rifleman• Gunsmoke• The Virginian• Wagon Train• Rawhide• Maverick• Lone Ranger• Big Valley• High Chaparral• Wanted: Dead or Alive• Wild Wild West

Some Movies• High Noon *• The Man Who Shot Liberty

Valance *• Stagecoach *• The Searchers *• True Grit (old or new) *• Butch Cassidy and the

Sundance Kid• Tombstone or Wyatt Earp• Little Big Man• The Magnificent Seven *• Rio Bravo• Unforgiven *• Gunfight at OK Corral• Young Guns

• The Oxbow Incident *• Shane *• The Wild Bunch• Duel in the Sun• Fort Apache• Rio Grande• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon• Maverick• The Gunfighter• Vera Cruz• Oklahoma Kid• Oklahoma (musical)• Lonesome Dove • Dances with Wolves• Red River *

Architecture

Home Sweet Home

Making Connections(“If it’s not true, it ought to be.”)

Story • Traveling the Great Plains • Frank Calabrese • Spaghetti Westerns • Harvard’s President • Jefferson, Texas • Sheep vs. cattle • The meat industry (Fast Food Nation) • Drummer or cowboy• Pork vs. beef • Bonanza and Comstock Lode • Fools’ Gold • Women teachers • TWU—college for women• RR in Denton • The Weather • “One riot, one Ranger”

Message about The West

Questions:1. When was the frontier officially “closed”?2. Who said it was closed and why?3. What is the significance of the “closing of the frontier” for Americans?4. How did the West shape the American character?5. How do non-Americans view us in terms of our western experience?6. What is our legacy regarding Native Americans?7. What is our legacy regarding conservation?8. Why do you think western movies have been so popular?9. How does the stereotype of the cowboy influence the archetype of the

Great American Hero?10. What is the American dream and how did the western migration

influence it?11. How does the food we eat in our cafeteria reflect our western

experience?12. How did the railroad determine the future of Dallas? Denton?13. Recall the story of Jefferson, Texas. How could one man determine the

future of Texas towns?14. How is the recent drought in Texas affecting the economy of Texas?

How do politics play into natural disasters?

15. What push factors might get you to move from your home? What pull factors would entice you to move?

16. Why do some other countries reject U.S. beef?17. What is a “spaghetti western” and why was it popular?18. Why is the population of the Great Plains significantly lower than the population of

the East or on the coasts?19. What would you rather raise: cattle, sheep, or crops ? Why?20. How did Stanford University get started? What advice would you give to the

President of Harvard when you recall the story?21. What is the attraction of the cowboy to people like Frank Calabrese, who lived in a

northern city his whole life?22. Clothes, music, architecture, film, art, expressions—can you imagine your life

without the influences of The American Western Culture?23. How did Chinese and Japanese immigration contribute to American Western

culture?24. What unique role did Spanish-speaking inhabitants of the West play in its economic

and social development?25. What impact did the reservation system have on the Native Americans? What are

reservations known for today?26. How was the role of women greater in Western states and why?27. Consider that the Dust Bowl is the result of overuse of the Great Plains by the sodbusters

Test Review

• Who announced the close the frontier in 1890?

• Who said the American character is defined by the western experience?

Answer: Frederick Turner

West Quiz Review

• Study all vocabulary in context.• Study questions 1-33• Study all notes on The West• Read about Native Americans (class set of

notes)• 18 Multiple Choice Questions• Three questions using primary sources

Short Answer Questions

• List five economic activities in the West.Answer: silver mining, gold mining (prospecting), construction (RRs and other

structures), homesteads, bonanza farms, sheep ranching, cattle ranching, logging, running stores and businesses, providing services (doctors, teachers, blacksmiths, post-office, law enforcement, etc.)

• List three aspects of Native American culture or experience between 1860-1900.

• Explain how Americans maintain images of the rugged Westerner in three ways.

More questions• What was the largest mine? Comstock Lode

• What is Manifest Destiny?

• What two things could settle the West?

• What closed the range, causing anger in cattlemen?

• Who settled Utah?

• What are the “Boomers and Sooners”?

• What was the U.S. strategy to defeat the Plains Indians?

• What two immigrant groups built the railroads?

• What did the dime novel do?

• Recognize Western States.

• Recognize Native American Tribes of the Plains.

• What are the two most important Indian battles?

• Who won?

• How did the U.S. acquire Western lands?

• How did people go West?

• What was their motivation to go West?

Make associations with…

• Homestead Act…

• Cowboys…

• Cattle Industry…

• Native Americans…

• Railroads…

West Test—AP—short answer—changed to Tues.B4—hand in The Dawes Act/Chinese Violence

• List four economic developments of the West and two details for each.– Example: Farmers—Homestead Act, used barbed wire to

close range, wanted statehood

• List five aspects of the conflict between the U.S. and Native American tribes of the Great Plains.– Example: Dawes Act

• List two contributions of the historian, Frederick Jackson Turner on The West and elaborate on each.