1. Map Warm-Up Grab a map on front table Open book to page 533 Recreate a land use map (setup a key) with these 3 items West of Mississippi River –Mining –Farming –Ranching Put in the dates for all states added between 1865 – 1915 (Hint RA 7)

2. Go West!

3. Why go out West? Federal Lands open for settling –Oklahoma –Homestead Act Seek land and fortune

4. How Getting West? The Railroads Transcontinental Foot and Horse Power

6. Who was going West? Immigrants Urban Dwellers

7. Where Settling? The Western Frontier –Oklahoma –Colorado –Utah –Arizona

8. What were settlers doing in the new territory? Farming Ranching Mining

9. What were they Mining? Gold Silver Copper Other Precious Materials

10. What is Ranching? Free Range grazing Use land to feed livestock

11. Tomorrow… Impact of Western Expansion on Native Americans Conflicts over expansion