1. To fully comprehend what happens to the WEST now that the Beaver Rush is over & Mt. Men are out of Jobs, think on the following situations…..and put your Answers in your next open box….
Have you ever moved before? Explain
Why do people move? Give 2 reasons…come to mind
What could be good about moving? Give 1 thing
What could be bad about moving? Give one thing

2. Today’s objectives: 1. Identify Who these people were. 2
Today’s objectives: 1.Identify Who these people were? 2. Understand Why they are moving West towards Utah.

3. John C Fremont And Kit Carson Adventures
President Polk wanted more accurate information of the west…
Fremont uses the Maps of Miera and Journals of Escalante….(which the Mormons will then use Fremont's maps!)
3 successful expeditions. From 1842 to 1846
Took accurate measurements of Utah’s altitude, collected soil samples, wrote about the land, water, and plant life, and made important maps.
Kit Carson- The Bravest Little Man
John C Fremont –The Pathfinder

5. Book creates an
An apatite for the
West!!!! Escape City life

6. Manifest Destiny John C. Sullivan:
Coined the term, “Manifest Destiny.”
To overspread and to possess the whole of the continent.
St Louis: The Gateway to the West!
St Louis

7. When Pres. Polke heard
He knew Kit was the man to help him

8. 4
St Louis
Monterey
(Spanish) 8

11. The Beaver Rush is OVER !

12. Mountain Men . . . out of work

13. Beaver Pelts
No Longer
Needed
No more
Rendezvous

14. The Land Rush Oregon Trail Fort Kearney Fort Bridger California Trail
St Louis

16. PIONEERS!!!! The First Families Moving West to Settle New Homes/Towns

17. Two different groups moving West During the Late 1840’s
1. Oregon Pioneers….following Oregon
Trail to find new land for their Homes
In Oregon and California
Mormon Pioneers…searching for
New Lands to establish Church.
and escape “persecution”

18. PIONEERS Two different groups of people Called
Both Left just about the same time…
Both Used just about the same trail
Oregon Trail

19. But... The Oregon Pioneers came west because they “Wanted to”
Both of them came west to build new
HOMES
But... The Oregon Pioneers came west because they
“Wanted to”
And…The Mormon Pioneers came because they…
“ Ran out of Options”

20. Hastings Cut Off Lansford Hastings Found a Short Cut to California
Talked with John C Fremont about another path to California.
Found a Short Cut to California
Would save pioneers 400 miles

21. You are about to learn more about one of the Most interesting stories in American History…
To help you understand the reasons for these Pioneers coming to Utah, please
Go to the Out-Box and get your study guide and a Textbook to help you complete this assignment…Due at the end of class.

22. Assignment
You have been hired by the U.S. government to be an advertising agent. Your mission is to assist in getting more people excited and committed to going west now that Kit Carson has captured California for the U.S. The President wants more people out there NOW before the Spanish move back in so that we can control our American interests there. The more people there now the easier to control the new territory. You are the one to create a double-awesome poster to be placed on the street corners of each town in the east to motivate families to move west.

23. Directions This poster should emphasize the following:
Get their own, free land
First choice of the most fertile, most beautiful and lush land in the west
The best guides available
The most adventure possible
Due by next class period
Graphics Essential
Reduce fears of Indians and other fears