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Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion: Impact on America and Native Americans

Explore the concept of Manifest Destiny and its influence on America's westward expansion. Learn about push and pull factors, government incentives, and the lives of homesteaders. Analyze primary sources to understand the impact on both America and Native Americans.

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Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion: Impact on America and Native Americans

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  1. Warm Up # 10 • What is “Manifest Destiny?” • What inspired it? • How did it affect America? • How di it affect Native American?

  2. Moving West

  3. The West • Push Factors • Crowding back East • Displaced farmers • Former slaves • Eastern farmland was expensive • Ethnic and religious repression in Europe • Pull Factors • Government incentives • Pacific Railway Act • Morrill Land-Grant Act • Homestead Act • Private Property • Miners • Ranchers • Farmers

  4. Pacific Railway Acts • 1862, 1864 • Large land grants to Union Pacific RR and Central Pacific RR • 175 million acres

  5. Morrill Land Grant Act • 1862 • State governments received millions of acres of land to: • Sell • Create land grant colleges for agricultural and mechanical arts

  6. Homestead Act • 1862 • Small fee, settlers received 160 acres if: • 21 yrs old • Build a house • Live there at least 6 months of the year • Farm the land for 5 years in a row • 372,000 farms • 80 million acres

  7. Exodusters • Freedmen looking for new start after the Civil War • Most headed to Kansas - “pulled” by the Homestead Act and free land • Exodusters based on the biblical “Exodus” of the Hebrews from Egypt - leaving bondage for freedom in the “Promised Land”

  8. Homesteader Homes • Built with available materials (sod) • Small • Functional as a shelter

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  10. Primary sources • What do you see? • Who was the author? • Why was this created/written? • Who was the audience?

  11. Homesteader lifestyle • Difficult • Subsistence farmers • Some livestock • Storms • Distance • Lack of building materials

  12. Check It • What’s the difference between a push and a pull factor? • What were three push factors? • What were three pull factors? • What impact did the Pacific Railway Act, the Homestead Act and the Morrill Land Grant Act have upon westward expansion? • Describe the life of a homesteader. • In what ways did the Homestead Act and the Indian Relocation Act have a similar impact upon America?

  13. Homesteading and Primary Sources • Each group gets a set of Primary Source docs • Complete the Primary Source Activity within your group

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