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

2. Essential Questions:
How did the various challenges and opportunities of the West affect diverse groups living on the frontier?
How have these diverse groups living on the frontier contributed to the growth of United States History?

3. 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!

4. 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?

5. 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 and Boarding Houses

7. Women Get Rights Out West!
Women Were Given the Right to:
Own Private Property
Own Their Own $$$
Right to Vote!

8. 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?

9. Esther Morris Led the Women’s Suffrage Fight in Wyoming
Fought for Women’s Right to Vote!
Suffrage = Right to Vote!

10. 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, and Idaho Followed
What did Wyoming Tell Congress When Congress Told Wyoming They Can’t Be Part of the United States with a Women’s Right to Vote Law?

12. 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)

15. 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, and Lumber

16. 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)

18. 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???

19. 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!

20. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

21. 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 and Europe!

24. Wyatt Earp Frontier Peace Officer Gunfighter Gambler
Famous in Towns of Dodge City, Kansas & Tombstone, Arizona

26. Hollywood’s Wyatt Earp

27. “Billy the Kid” Henry McCarthy “Billy the Kid” Outlaw and Hired Gun
Killed at 21

28. Calamity Jane Woman on the Frontier
Wagon Driver, Scout, and Wild West Performer

29. Hollywood’s Calamity Jane

30. Owen Wister Novelist Who Wrote, The Virginian (1902)
Wrote About Wyoming Cowhands
Exaggerated the Truth of the Wild Wild West

31. 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

32. Buffalo Soldiers

34. Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier”

35. 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 and Settle the West.

36. Essential Questions:
How did the various challenges and opportunities of the West affect diverse groups living on the frontier?
How have these diverse groups living on the frontier contributed to the growth of United States History?