usa geographical features using the map of the united states label and/or color the following items....
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USA Geographical Features
• Using the map of the United States label and/or color the following items.– Rocky Mountains – Blue– Appalachian Mountains – Red– Great Plains – Green– Continental Divide – black line– Atlantic and Pacific Ocean– Gulf of Mexico– Each of the Great Lakes
Essential QuestionsEssential QuestionsEssential QuestionsEssential Questions
1. What national issues emerged in the process of closing the western frontier?
2. Why does the West hold such an important place in the American imagination?
3. In what ways is the West romanticized in American culture?
Key TensionsKey TensionsKey TensionsKey Tensions
Native Americans
Buffalo HuntersRailroadsU. S. Government
Cattlemen Sheep Herders
Ranchers Farmers
Key TensionsKey TensionsKey TensionsKey Tensions
EthnicMinorities
Nativists
EnvironmentalistsBig Business Interests [mining, timber]Local Govt. OfficialsFarmersBuffalo Hunters
Lawlessness of the Frontier
“Civilizing” Forces
[The “Romance” of the West]
Land Acts• Homestead Act – permitted “any
citizen or intended citizen to select any surveyed land up to 160 acres and to gain title to it after five years’ residence”
– Started the land boom.
• Pacific Railway Act – gave lands to railroad companies to develop a railroad line linking the East and West Coast (1869)
• Morrill Act – granted a total of more than 17 million acres of federal land to the states who then sold it to fund the formation of agricultural and engineering colleges. Why was the government
practically giving way land?
The Battle of Little Big The Battle of Little Big HornHorn18761876
The Battle of Little Big The Battle of Little Big HornHorn18761876
Chief Sitting BullChief Sitting Bull
Gen. GeorgeGen. GeorgeArmstrong Armstrong
CusterCuster
Chief Joseph Chief Joseph I will I will fight no more forever!fight no more forever!
Chief Joseph Chief Joseph I will I will fight no more forever!fight no more forever!
Nez Percé Nez Percé tribal tribal
retreat (1877)retreat (1877)
Geronimo, Apache Chief: Hopeless Geronimo, Apache Chief: Hopeless CauseCause
Geronimo, Apache Chief: Hopeless Geronimo, Apache Chief: Hopeless CauseCause
Helen Hunt JacksonHelen Hunt JacksonHelen Hunt JacksonHelen Hunt Jackson
A Century of DishonorA Century of Dishonor (1881) (1881)A Century of DishonorA Century of Dishonor (1881) (1881)
Dawes Severalty Act Dawes Severalty Act (1887):(1887):
Assimilation PolicyAssimilation Policy
Dawes Severalty Act Dawes Severalty Act (1887):(1887):
Assimilation PolicyAssimilation Policy
Carlisle Indian School, PACarlisle Indian School, PA
Indian Reservations TodayIndian Reservations TodayIndian Reservations TodayIndian Reservations Today
Railroad ConstructionRailroad ConstructionRailroad ConstructionRailroad Construction
Promontory Point, UTPromontory Point, UT(May 10, 1869)(May 10, 1869)
Promontory Point, UTPromontory Point, UT(May 10, 1869)(May 10, 1869)
Frontier Settlements: 1870-Frontier Settlements: 1870-18901890
Frontier Settlements: 1870-Frontier Settlements: 1870-18901890
Homesteads From Public LandsHomesteads From Public LandsHomesteads From Public LandsHomesteads From Public Lands
What is the Message of this What is the Message of this Picture?Picture?
What is the Message of this What is the Message of this Picture?Picture?
The Realty--A Pioneer’s Sod The Realty--A Pioneer’s Sod House, SDHouse, SD
The Realty--A Pioneer’s Sod The Realty--A Pioneer’s Sod House, SDHouse, SD
ProspectingProspectingProspectingProspecting
Mining Centers: Mining Centers: 19001900
Mining Centers: Mining Centers: 19001900
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Anaconda Copper Mining Co. (MT)(MT)
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Anaconda Copper Mining Co. (MT)(MT)
Mining (“Boom”) Towns--Mining (“Boom”) Towns--Now Ghost TownsNow Ghost Towns
Mining (“Boom”) Towns--Mining (“Boom”) Towns--Now Ghost TownsNow Ghost Towns
Calico, CACalico, CACalico, CACalico, CA
TheThe
CattleCattle
TrailsTrails
TheThe
CattleCattle
TrailsTrails
New New AgriculturalAgriculturalTechnologyTechnology
New New AgriculturalAgriculturalTechnologyTechnology
““Prairie Fan”Prairie Fan”Water PumpWater Pump
Steel Plow [“Sod Steel Plow [“Sod Buster”]Buster”]
Barbed WireBarbed WireBarbed WireBarbed Wire
Joseph Joseph GliddenGliddenJoseph Joseph GliddenGlidden
Frederick Jackson TurnerFrederick Jackson TurnerFrederick Jackson TurnerFrederick Jackson Turner
The Significance of the Frontier The Significance of the Frontier in American Societyin American Society (1893)(1893)
BlackBlack“Exoduster”“Exoduster”HomesteadHomestead
ersers
The Buffalo Soldiers on the Great The Buffalo Soldiers on the Great PlainsPlains
The Buffalo Soldiers on the Great The Buffalo Soldiers on the Great PlainsPlains
The “Chinese Question”The “Chinese Question”The “Chinese Question”The “Chinese Question”
Exclusion Act (1882)Exclusion Act (1882) - Oriental Exclusion - Oriental Exclusion ActAct - Chinese Exclusion - Chinese Exclusion ActAct
Yellowstone National ParkYellowstone National ParkYellowstone National ParkYellowstone National Park
First national First national park established park established
in 1872.in 1872.
National ParksNational ParksNational ParksNational Parks