1. Chapter 9 Section 1 US HIS Mr. Love

2. Americans Head West  1800 – 400,000 people west of Apps  1861 – more people west of Apps then on coast  moved west for religious reasons and own farms  John Louis O’Sullivan called it Manifest Destiny ► The idea that God had given the continent to Americans and wanted them to settle western lands ► Squatters – settled on land they did not own

3. Americans Head West  1819 – Jethro Wood – plow with iron blade  1837 – John Deere – steel plow with sharp edges  1834 – Cyrus McCormick – mechanical reaper

4. Settling the Pacific  Settle Oregon and Cal because they thought Great Plains had bad farming  Land dispute for Oregon (US and GB) – Many citizens came there due to missionaries

5. Settling the Pacific  What problems will you have from going to the East to West coast?  Mountain Men had knowledge of area. Created several east – west passages to the West Coast including the Oregon Trail.  Mountain men were used as guides first. Then trails became visible. Anyone can now take trail (overlanders)

6. Settling the Pacific ► Donner Party – 87 were trapped in a storm in the Sierra Nevada. Half die. Cannibals. YUMMY. ► 1840-1860 – Indian attacks were rare. Grew as travelers moved west. Why? ► Gov’t and 8 Indian groups negotiated Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1851.

7. The Mormon Migration  1844 Joseph Smith killed. Brigham Young (right), new leader, moves west.  Thousands moved on the Mormon Trail. 1847 stopped near the Great Salt lake.  Is this route just valuable to Mormons?