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Call to Order 1.List three details from the picture. 2.What do you notice about the people on the ground? 3.Why do you think that the people are moving?

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1 Call to Order 1.List three details from the picture. 2.What do you notice about the people on the ground? 3.Why do you think that the people are moving?

2 Westward Expansion I. Causes of Westward Expansion A.Manifest Destiny: America was supposed to expand westward, by divine sanction. Nature existed to be tamed and conquered. B.California Gold Rush: In 1849, hundreds of thousands of “forty- niners” – gold-seekers – travelled to California. C.Homestead Act: Gave 160 acres, for free, to anyone who would live on and improve the land. D.Farming, ranching and mining: people moved westward with their livestock to raise them E.“The long drive”: farmers moved large herds of cattle to market using railroads F.Railroads: connected west and East, brought in farmers to fence off the plains

3 Westward Expansion II. Effects of Westward Expansion A. Effect on Native Americans 1. Between 1876 and 1890, the federal government tried to get Native Americans to assimilate to white society 2. Dawes Severalty Act: tried to weaken tribes, allot land to individual Indians, and promote assimilation B. Effect on cattle boom 1. Overgrazing, droughts, barbed wire, and sheep herding wiped out many ranchers

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