Chapter 7 Section 2

1. Chapter 7 Section 2 Trails to the West

2. Trans-Appalachia • The area west of the Appalachian Mountains • Attracted people that wanted to escape overcrowding

3. What areas did Americans settle in the early 1800s? • Kentucky • Indiana • Ohio • Michigan Territory

4. Pinckney Treaty • Set southern boundary of the U.S. (Left Florida to Spain) • U.S. citizens free to use Mississippi R. through Spanish territory • Spanish and the U.S. would control Native Americans in their own territories

5. Adams-Onis Treaty • Spain agreed to cede (give up) Florida to the U.S. • Established border between Louisiana Purchase and Spanish land in the West • U.S. handed over huge portion of current territory in SW to Spain

6. Why did Spain cede Florida to the United States?

7. Manifest Destiny • Belief that it was the United States to possess the entire North American continent

8. Oregon Country • Northern California to southern border of Alaska • Mountainous • Forested • Fertile valleys • Claimed by the U.S., Briatain, Russia and Spain • Russia and Spain eventually back out

9. Mountain Men • Men that roamed the Rocky Mountains in search of beaver pelts • Adopted Indian ways • Married Indian women • Used Indian trails that led to Oregon and California

10. How did Manifest Destiny shape American attitudes regarding the Oregon Country?

11. Oregon Trail • The main route across the central plains and Rocky Mountains • Could take 4 to 6 months • $500 to $1,000 to make the trip

12. Why did people head west?

13. Santa Fe Trail • Route traders used to get goods to Mexican Territory

14. California Gold Rush • January 1848- Gold discovered • 4,000 prospectors there by August • Attracted settlers to California • California: 14,000 residents in 1848; 200,000 by 1852

15. Describe the typical “Forty-niner”

16. Ghost Towns • Mining towns boomed during the gold rush • People left when the mines stopped producing towns slowly decayed and died.

17. What were some consequences of the California Gold Rush?