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Splash Screen. Chapter Introduction Section 1: The Western Pioneers Section 2: The Hispanic Southwest Section 3: Independence for Texas Section 4: The War with Mexico Visual Summary. Chapter Menu. Why Did People Migrate West?

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  1. Splash Screen

  2. Chapter Introduction Section 1:The Western Pioneers Section 2:The Hispanic Southwest Section 3:Independence for Texas Section 4:The War with Mexico Visual Summary Chapter Menu

  3. Why Did People Migrate West? Beginning in the 1820s, Americans began moving in large numbers west across the Great Plains. They headed south to Texas and west to Oregon, Utah, and California. By 1848, the United States had taken the Southwest from Mexico and divided Oregon with Great Britain. • Why do you think Americans wanted to move west in the 1800s? • How do you think westward migration affected America’s relationship with other countries and native peoples? Chapter Intro

  4. The Western Pioneers How did the idea of Manifest Destiny influence the settlement of the West? Chapter Intro 1

  5. Chapter Preview-End

  6. Big Ideas Science and TechnologySeveral inventions in the early 1800s helped make it possible to settle the West. Section 1-Main Idea

  7. Content Vocabulary • squatter • overlander Academic Vocabulary • guarantee • convert Section 1-Key Terms

  8. People and Events to Identify • Manifest Destiny • Jethro Wood • John Deere • Cyrus McCormick • Kit Carson Section 1-Key Terms

  9. A B Would you leave home in order to start a new life in an uncharted territory? A. Yes B. No Section 1-Polling Question

  10. DFS Trans 1

  11. Settling New Lands Americans moved westward and established new farms in the Midwest; later settlers traveled in wagon trains to the Pacific Coast. Section 1

  12. Settling New Lands (cont.) • In 1800, only around 387,000 white settlers lived west of the Appalachian Mountains. • By the time the Civil War began, more Americans lived west of the Appalachians than lived in states along the Atlantic Coast. • Many Americans believed in the concept of Manifest Destiny. Section 1

  13. Settling New Lands (cont.) • Congress passed the Preemption Act of 1830 that protected squatters by guaranteeing them the right to claim land before it was surveyed and the right to buy up to 160 acres at the government’s minimum price of $1.25 per acre. Section 1

  14. Settling New Lands (cont.) • Jethro Wood patented an iron-bladed plow in 1819. • In 1837, John Deere engineered a plow with sharp-edged steel blades that cut cleanly through sod. • Cyrus McCormick patented the mechanical reaper in 1834. Section 1

  15. Settling New Lands (cont.) • Latecomers to the Midwest set their sights on the Pacific Coast, partly because emigrants assumed that the treeless Great Plains had poor land for farming. • In the 1830s, American missionaries began traveling west to convert Native Americans. Section 1

  16. A B C D E Why did Americans head west? A.Religious reasons B.The chance to own their own farms C.Political reasons D.A and B E. B and C Section 1

  17. VS-End

  18. squatter someone who settles on public land under government regulation with the hopes of acquiring the title to the land Vocab1

  19. overlander someone who travels overland to the West Vocab2

  20. guarantee a statement of assurance Vocab3

  21. convert to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another Vocab4

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