L. Settling the West

Settling the West

(1865 – 1890)

Summary: After the Civil War, the wilderness west of the Mississippi River began to disappear. To the nineteenth-century pioneers who settled this area, land was everything. It was wealth, freedom, and the opportunity for a new start in life. As the federal government opened new land for settlement, people came from all over. In the process, however, the first inhabitants of the land, the Native Americans, were simply pushed aside by trickery or by force. Many were killed. All were eventually made to change their way of life.

Vocabulary: people, places, events, and ideas to know. Settling the West Quizlet

Slide Presentation: Settling the West

Notes: Settling the West

Written Assignments:

1. Indian Homelands are Invaded

2. Americanization Policy

3. Miners and Ranchers

4. Farming the Plains

5. The Populists

6. Populism and the Wizard of Oz

Settling the West Assessments:

1. Vocabulary Quiz

2. Old Regents Quiz

3. New Regents Quiz

Settling the West DBQ