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Growth in the West 1860-1900 Chapter 19, Section 3 Life in the West Growth in the West 1860-1900 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?