Closure on Immigration The Godfather The Godfather Looking to the West Todays Objectives After todays lesson, students will be able to Describe why American settlers sought the west Explain what Indian and American relations were like Essential Skill Demonstrate an understanding of concepts (C5) Going West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qanSuc74Lk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qanSuc74Lk The West Push Factors Crowding back East Displaced farmers Former slaves Eastern farmland expensive Ethnic and religious repression in Europe Haven for outlaws Pull Factors Government Incentives Pacific Railway Act Morrill Land-Grant Act Homestead Act Private Property Miners Ranchers Farmers Pacific Railway Act Government provides land to railroad companies to promote the construction of a transcontinental railroad Why was the effect of the transcontinental railroad? Why was important? Homestead Act (1862) For a small fee, government provided settlers with 160 acres of land as long as The settlers farmed/improved the land Stayed on the land for five years What was the effect of the Homestead Act? Three Time Periods: Native Americans Resistance ( ) : REMOVAL 1850s: RESERVATIONS Dawes Act (1887) Resignation Assimilation dspace/bitstream/handle/2249.3/232/07_ntve_am_wst.htmdspace/bitstream/handle/2249.3/232/07_ntve_am_wst.htm Indians Way of Life Destroyed Whites killed buffalo to settle land Indians depended on buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter Many Indians turned to the Ghost Dance Religion It taught that spirits of the dead Indians would return to help the Indians reclaim their land Many whites were fearful of this movement Asked the army to help Calvary rounded up Sioux men on the Pine Ridge Reservation Massacre at Wounded Knee Wovoka & the Ghost Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PQj-NHp83A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PQj-NHp83A Complete Sheet Read through each quote and try to determine what reason for going west it represents Positives and Negatives of going West Conclusion What we learned today! Why people traveled and settled the West (Quotes) Why and how Americans and Indians clashed during the Gilded Age