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Life in the West

Life in the West. Growth in the West 1860-1900 Chapter 19, Section 3. Essential Questions:. How did the various challenges and opportunities of the West affect diverse groups living on the frontier?

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Life in the West

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  1. Life in the West Growth in the West 1860-1900 Chapter 19, Section 3

  2. Essential Questions: • How did the various challenges and opportunities of the West affect diverse groups living on the frontier? • How have these diverse groups living on the frontier contributed to the growth of United States History?

  3. Abigail Scott Duniway • A Woman Settler Who Moved to Oregon in 1851 • In 1871, Started a Pro-Suffrage Newspaper for Women’s Rights • Founded the Oregon Equal Suffrage Association • Was Oregon’s First Woman Voter Ever!

  4. Homestead • A Piece of Land with a House on it in the West • Quite Often Miles & Miles Away from Neighbors • Quite Lonely! • Like My MTV Crib?

  5. Types of Jobs for Women Out West on the Frontier • Women Were Responsible for Just About Everything Out West: • Family Doctors • Cooks • Teachers • Servants • Sheriffs • Gamblers/Outlaws • Ran Dance Halls and Boarding Houses

  6. Women Get Rights Out West! • Women Were Given the Right to: • Own Private Property • Own Their Own $$$ • Right to Vote!

  7. Hmmm…..? • Why do YOUthink women were given these rights and respect in the West during the late 1800’s BEFORE the women in the East?

  8. Esther Morris • Led the Women’s Suffrage Fight in Wyoming • Fought for Women’s Right to Vote! • Suffrage = Right to Vote!

  9. First 4 U.S. States To Grant Women’s Suffrage • Wyoming Was the 1st State EVER to Allow Women the Right to Vote (WHY? Get it?) • Colorado, Utah, and Idaho Followed • What did Wyoming Tell Congress When Congress Told Wyoming They Can’t Be Part of the United States with a Women’s Right to Vote Law?

  10. Gold Rush of 1849 • San Francisco Gold Rush of 1849 • Thousands of Miners & Speculators Rushed Out to Buy Land • San Francisco Became a Boomtown Overnight • Over 25,000 People Migrated There in 1 Year • Led to Statehood (CA)

  11. Boomtowns: • The Linking of the Transcontinental Railroad to these Cities Helped Them Become Boomtowns: • Denver, Colorado: Pikes Peak Gold Rush • Omaha, Nebraska: Meat Packing Industry • Portland, Oregon: Fish, Grain, and Lumber

  12. Mexicanos • Mexicans Who Lived in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona & California Before The Mexican-American War • However, the Annexation of Texas & the Mexican Cession Brought That Territory Under U.S. Control • Mexicans Became Americans (Mexicanos)

  13. Racism Towards Mexicanos • As American Settlers Went Out West for Mining, Ranching, & Farming, they Claimed Land that Belonged to Mexicanos • When Mexicanos Went to U.S. Courts Claiming it was Given to them by Mexico, U.S. Would NOT Recognize Those Claims! • Any Idea Why???

  14. The “Myth” of the Wild West • Most Americans Thought the Wild West was Full of Adventure/Excitement & Great Wealth • Novels Were Written of Miners, Ranchers, Farmers, Law Officers & Outlaws • Stories Were Often Exaggerated/Not True • Truth is, the West was a Most Difficult Place to Live & Survive!

  15. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

  16. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show • William “Buffalo” Cody (Buffalo Bill) Created a Wild West Show • Created Reenactments of Frontier Life in the West • Show Played in the United States and Europe!

  17. Wyatt Earp • Frontier Peace Officer • Gunfighter • Gambler • Famous in Towns of Dodge City, Kansas & Tombstone, Arizona

  18. Hollywood’s Wyatt Earp

  19. “Billy the Kid” • Henry McCarthy “Billy the Kid” • Outlaw and Hired Gun • Killed at 21

  20. Calamity Jane • Woman on the Frontier • Wagon Driver, Scout, and Wild West Performer

  21. Hollywood’s Calamity Jane

  22. Owen Wister • Novelist Who Wrote, The Virginian (1902) • Wrote About Wyoming Cowhands • Exaggerated the Truth of the Wild Wild West

  23. Buffalo Soldiers • African Americans Serving in the Army Out on the Frontier • Made Huge Contributions by Providing Law & Order • Protection from Native American Attacks As Well! • Mrs. Legendre’s Grandfather was a Buffalo Soldier

  24. Buffalo Soldiers

  25. Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier”

  26. How Did the U.S. Assist Settlers Going Out West? • U.S. Government Used the Army to Protect Settlers from Native Americans • U.S. Also Assisted with the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad • Gave Away Free Land (Native American Land) to Settler to Come Out and Settle the West.

  27. Essential Questions: • How did the various challenges and opportunities of the West affect diverse groups living on the frontier? • How have these diverse groups living on the frontier contributed to the growth of United States History?

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