read and take notes, thoughtfully, analyze what you read by answering the questions in the right column. Remember this step is essential to your processing of information. Completing this guide thoughtfully will increase your retention as well as your comprehension! The West: Settlement of the Last Frontier Continued… Key Concepts Notes Analysis and Main Post–Civil War Farming To what extent was the 1862 Pacific Railway Act responsible The Frontier… migration to the for westward migration? ATFP (Address the full prompt) and American West, defend your answer with at least one specific piece of encouraged by evidence. economic opportunities and Problems and Solutions… government policies, caused the federal government to violate treaties with American Indian nations in order to expand the amount of land available to List 4 ways surviving pioneers in the West adapted to the settlers. environment of the Great Plains. Westward migration, new 1. The Closing of the Frontier… systems of farming and transportation, 2. and economic instability led to 3. political and Turner’s Frontier Thesis… popular conflicts. 4. Increased from migrations Asia and from southern and eastern Europe, as Based on what you know about the enclosure of Great Britain well as African in the 17th century, what impact do you think enclosure of the American West in the United States will have in the 20th century? In your migrations within answer, explain the impact of British enclosure as well as and out of the South, explaining your prediction. American Indians in the West… accompanied the mass movement of Hopi and Zuni… people into the nation’s cities and the rural and boomtown Navajo and Apache… areas of the West. The competition Chinook and Shasta… for land in the West among white settlers, Indians, and Mexican Sioux, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Crow, and Comanche… led to Americans Proclamation Line of 1763 : Treaty of Paris 1783 an increase Indian Removal Act : ________________________ in violent conflict. Explain these connections. Reservation Policy… The West: Settlement of the Last Frontier Continued…
read and take notes, thoughtfully, analyze what you read by answering the questions in the right column. Remember this step is essential to your processing of information. Completing this guide thoughtfully will increase your retention as well as your comprehension! The West: Settlement of the Last Frontier Continued… Key Concepts and Main Notes Analysis Post–Civil War migration to the American West, encouraged by economic opportunities and government policies, caused the federal government to violate treaties with American Indian nations in order to expand the amount of land available to settlers. Westward migration, new systems of farming and transportation, and economic instability led to political and popular conflicts. Increased migrations from Asia and from southern and eastern Europe, as well as African American migrations within and out of the South, accompanied the mass movement of people into the nation’s cities and the rural and boomtown areas of the West. The competition for land in the West among white settlers, Indians, and Mexican Americans led to an increase in violent conflict. The Farming Frontier… Problems and Solutions… The Closing of the Frontier… Turner’s Frontier Thesis… American Indians in the West… Hopi and Zuni… Navajo and Apache… Chinook and Shasta… Sioux, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Crow, and Comanche… Reservation Policy… To what extent was the 1862 Pacific Railway Act responsible for westward migration? ATFP (Address the full prompt) and defend your answer with at least one specific piece of evidence. List 4 ways surviving pioneers in the West adapted to the environment of the Great Plains. 1. 2. 3. 4. Based on what you know about the enclosure of Great Britain in the 17th century, what impact do you think enclosure of the West in the United States will have in the 20th century? In your answer, explain the impact of British enclosure as well as explaining your prediction. Proclamation Line of 1763 : Treaty of Paris 1783 Indian Removal Act : ________________________ Explain these connections. The West: Settlement of the Last Frontier Continued…
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