Do Now Write the following question in paragraph form. What is fate, is it real? Explain.

Essential Questions (Q1) Analyze the affect of geography on settlers heading west in the early 1800s. (Q2) How did other races interact with Native Americans? (Q3) What meaning did the term Manifest Destiny take on during the mid-1800s?

Exit Ticket How did geography affect people going West? Explain.

Test Day Sit Down quietly Open your binder Review your study guide No talking

Focus Question: What political, social, and economic factors led to westward expansion?

13-1 The West

Question 1 The land that forms the farthest extent of a nation’s settled region is called… (pg 444) the frontier

Question 2 The area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains is known as… (pg 444) The Great Plains

Question 3 Intermarriage between settlers, Native Americans and Africans produced people known as… (pg 446) mestizos

Question 4 To convert Native Americans to the religion of the settlers was the purpose of…. (pg 446) missions

Question 5 What was the indirect effect of the missions upon Native Americans? (pg 446) Thousands of Indians died from overwork or disease

Question 6 Under Spanish rule, these were given only to peninsulares, but under Mexican rule, they were given to rancheros and American settlers. (pg 446) land grants

Question 7 The belief that the United States was meant to extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean is called… (pg 447) manifest destiny

13-2 Trails to the West

Question 8 Captain William Becknell led a wagon train from Missouri to New Mexico, opening up the… (pg 448) Santa Fe Trail

Question 9 A trapper who supplied furs in Oregon was known as a… (pg 449) mountain man

Question 10 The most famous missionary couple on the Oregon Trail were the… (pg 450) Whitmans

Question 11 In order to avoid a possible slow death, travelers on the Oregon Trail had to leave in… (pg 450) spring

Question 12 The first area to grant women the right to vote was… (pg 453) the Wyoming Territory