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Gilded Age West Lesson 1: Motivations

Gilded Age West Lesson 1: Motivations

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7th - 12th Grade

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25 Slides • 8 Questions

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Gilded Age Westward Expansion

Lesson 1: Motivations and Native American Experience

 

SS.912.A.3.1 : Analyze the economic challenges to American farmers and farmers’ responses to these challenges in the mid to late 1800s. 

SS.912.A.2.7: Review the Native American experience. 

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Mining towns that had rapid growth from hundreds to thousands were known as
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Funtowns
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ghosttowns 
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boomtowns
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gloomtowns

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Multiple Choice

Public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle is called....
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open range
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open land
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open plains
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open house

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed MOST to the end of the open range?

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Steel Fencing

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Native American warfare

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Barbed wire

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Razor Fencing

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Multiple Choice

What was the overall purpose of the Homestead Act?

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Encourage people to migrate westward

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To spread people out more

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To keep people in the same place

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To make everyone leave

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Multiple Choice

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The vocabulary term associated with African American who moved west.

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relocation

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reservations

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assimilation

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exodusters

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of Nativism?

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The Open Door Note

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The Chinese Exclusion Act

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The Dawes Act

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The Pacific Railway Act

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Multiple Choice

Based on slides 23-28, is the following statement True or False?

The United States government often used military force when Native Americans resisted.

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Ture

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False

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Open Ended

Exit Ticket: Answer BOTH questions using 3-4 complete sentences for each.

1) Explain at least two factors that motivated westward expansion after the Civil War.

2) Explain two negative effects westward expansion had on Native Americans.

Gilded Age Westward Expansion

Lesson 1: Motivations and Native American Experience

 

SS.912.A.3.1 : Analyze the economic challenges to American farmers and farmers’ responses to these challenges in the mid to late 1800s. 

SS.912.A.2.7: Review the Native American experience. 

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