Transcript Life in the West - Ms. Buzanowski's 8th Grade Class

Life in the West
Chapter 16
The Explorers
3 Reasons for the Lewis and Clark
Expedition:
 Make friendly contacts with the N.A
 Find the “Northwest Passage”
 See what the U.S had bought
Up the Missouri River
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Hard to travel
Up stream rowing and mosquitoes
45 member expedition team
Lewis, Clark, Soldiers,
Frontiersman, Clark’s Slave,
French Fur Trader and his wife
(Sacagawea)
To the Pacific and Back
Sacagawea found her tribe and they
gave the explorers horses
 The Nez Perc’e Indians gave them
food when traveling through the
Rocky Mnts
 Clark carved in a tree to say he made
it
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Explorer’s Legacy
Journey took 2 years and 4 months
 Traveled 8,000 miles
 Did not find the Northwest Passage
(did not exist)
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Californio Missions
Missionaries went to CA from Mexico to
convert Native Americans
 Settlers followed them
 Newcomers brought diseases and killed
North Americans
 Mexico won its independence and CA
became part of Mexico
 Settlers were given a rancho
 Land given to raise cattle and grow
crops
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Life on Ranchos
Hard work and produced everything
they needed to survive
 Lived in Adobe Houses (Dirt Floors)
 Industry was Cattle Farming
 Mexico neglected California
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Californio’s Legacy
When America took California,
Californio’s became a minority
 They gave U.S many things (Names,
Food, and opened itself to the World)
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Questions
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What were the 3 reasons that the U.S sent explorers
to the Oregon Coast?
Who were the two individuals who led the voyage?
Why was the trip so hard for all of the explorers?
Who was the Native American guide who helped by
communicating with her old tribe?
Who helped out the Explorers as they went through
the Rocky Mountains?
Why did they not find the “Northwest Passage”?
Who did the settlers follow into California?
What is a rancho?
What is the difference between an Adobe house and
a normal house in the Unites States?
What did the Californios’ give to the U.S?
Trapper’s Life
Hard and Dangerous
 Attacked by thieves, bears, wolves
 Fall of a mountain or drown in a river
 Most died when they were young
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Freedom and Adventure
They trapped for the freedom and
adventure
 Jim Beckworth - trapper that was
captured by the Crow and then
became their chief
 Also found the Beckworth Pass
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Mountain Man’s Legacy
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Their trading post and trails helped
Americans move west
Missionaries
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The Nez Perce’ wanted to know
about the Bible so missionaries went
Difficult Start
Two sets of Missionaries went
 One converted 3 Native Americans
(Chief Joseph)
 The others converted none ( N.A.
wanted to know about weapons and
tools)
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Pioneer’s Paradise
Marcus brought white settlers to the
area
 Measles spread killing many
 Native Americans were mad at the
whites so they killed them
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Missionaries Legacy
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Their legacy was not spreading God it
was spreading settlers
Questions
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What are the 5 things that made a life of a mountain man
very dangerous?
What were the 2 reasons that mountain men trapped?
Who was Jim Beckworth and what was important about his
life?
What did the Nez Perce’ want that the missionaries went to
give them?
In a paragraph (5 or more sentences) tell me in your
opinion if it was worth the trouble for the missionaries to
go and talk to the Nez Perce’.
What or Who came along with the white settlers that killed
Native Americans?
What did the Native Americans do to the white settlers
because they were being killed?
What was the TRUE legacy of the missionaries?
Pioneer Women
On the Trail
They did the same things they did at home
(cooked, washed clothes, took care of the
children)
 Traveled 2,000 miles in approx 5 months
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Trail Hazards
Lots of deaths
 Disease and accidents most common (Not
N.A.)
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Pioneer Women Legacies
The journey made normal women gain
superhero qualities
 Built churches, schools and hospitals
 Could vote
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Mormons
The Persecuted Group
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints
 Founded by: Joseph Smith
 Believed got a special book from an Angel
 Believed in having more than one wife
(polygamy)
 Persecuted for their beliefs
 Smith killed and Brigham Young took over
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Mormon’s Cont…
West to Utah
Moved to Salt Lake City, Utah
 Made dams, canals and irrigation ditches
to bring water there
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Legacy
1st Americans to settle the Great Basin
 Their faith spread to over 7 million
followers
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Forty-Niners
James Marshall found gold in American Rvr in
CA
 Sparked gold rush
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The World Rushes In
Forty-Niners (Joined the gold rush in CA)
 2/3 were Americans and the rest came from
South America, Europe, Australia, Mexico and
China
 Most were men and young (not married)
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Forty-Niner’s Cont…
Life in the Mining Camps
Rough camps full of murder, fighting,
drinking and gambling
 Food was expensive
 Many wanted to go home, but could not
afford it
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The Forty-Niners’ Legacy
Brought disease and killed many Native
Americans
 Had enough to start a new state; California
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The Chinese
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When gold rush started 1 out of 10 were
Chinese
An Uncertain Welcome
At first they were welcomed
 When gold became scarce, they were hated
 Immigrants had to pay money to mine and
many left
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Chinese Cont…
The Chinese Stay
They paid the taxes and stayed
 Many killed, beaten up and had their queues cut off
so left
 Opened laundry shops, restaurants and farmed
 Turned CA into a farm area
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The Legacy of the Chinese Immigrants
Hard workers and helped economy grow
 Brought with them their arts, taste, scents and
sounds of their culture
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Questions
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What legacies were left by Pioneer women?
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What legacies were left by Mormons?
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Who were the Forty-Niner's?
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What legacies were left by the Forty-Niner's?
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What legacies were left by Chinese
Immigrants?