1. Closure on Immigration  The Godfather The Godfather

2. Looking to the West

3. Today’s Objectives  After today’s lesson, students will be able to…  Describe why American settlers sought the west  Explain what Indian and American relations were like  Essential Skill  Demonstrate an understanding of concepts (C5)

4. Going West  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qanSuc74Lk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qanSuc74Lk

5. The West  Push Factors  Crowding back East  Displaced farmers  Former slaves  Eastern farmland expensive  Ethnic and religious repression in Europe  Haven for outlaws  Pull Factors  Government Incentives  Pacific Railway Act  Morrill Land-Grant Act  Homestead Act  Private Property  Miners  Ranchers  Farmers

6. Pacific Railway Act  Government provides land to railroad companies to promote the construction of a transcontinental railroad  Why was the effect of the transcontinental railroad? Why was important?

8. Homestead Act (1862)  For a small fee, government provided settlers with 160 acres of land as long as…  The settlers farmed/improved the land  Stayed on the land for five years  What was the effect of the Homestead Act?

24. Three Time Periods: Native Americans  Resistance (1776-1923)  1830-1880: REMOVAL  1850s: RESERVATIONS  Dawes Act (1887)  Resignation  Assimilation  http://tdl.org/txlor- dspace/bitstream/handle/2249.3/232/07_ntve_am_wst.htm http://tdl.org/txlor- dspace/bitstream/handle/2249.3/232/07_ntve_am_wst.htm

25. Indians Way of Life Destroyed  Whites killed buffalo to settle land  Indians depended on buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter  Many Indians turned to the Ghost Dance Religion  It taught that spirits of the dead Indians would return to help the Indians reclaim their land  Many whites were fearful of this movement  Asked the army to help  Calvary rounded up Sioux men on the Pine Ridge Reservation  Massacre at Wounded Knee

26. Wovoka & the Ghost Dance  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PQj-NHp83A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PQj-NHp83A

27. Complete Sheet  Read through each quote and try to determine what reason for going west it represents  Positives and Negatives of going West

28. Conclusion  What we learned today!  Why people traveled and settled the West (Quotes)  Why and how Americans and Indians clashed during the Gilded Age