Unit 8, Lesson 1

Unit 8, Lesson 1:

How did people reach lands west of the appalachians?​

Objective: I will learn about the immigrants from Europe between 1789 and 1850, and their modes of transportation into the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys through the Cumberland Gap.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mississippi River​

What did the United States gain from the 1783 Treaty of Paris?​

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Push vs. Pull Factors

Push Factors:

• Diseases

• Poverty

• Overcrowding​

Pull Factors:

• Cheap lands

• Natural Resources​

• Disease called blight

• affected potato crops.

• It stopped potato plants from growing properly

• Potatoes were their main source of food.

• Without potatoes to eat, people grew w​eak from hunger.

• Many died from illnesses or diseases

• Others left to other countries for a better life.​

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Irish immigrants​

• Ter​rain has thick forests and tall mountains.

• ​People traveled by foot or on horses.

• Pioneers built roads ​for easier travel.

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New Routes

What were new ways to travel?

Multiple Choice

What is the best meaning for the word immigrants?

• nineteenth century

• left their countries

• faced

• were looking

Multiple Choice

/Which of the following did immigrants NOT find in America

• freedom to worship

• personal freedom

• jobs

• free housing

Multiple Choice

How did people transport heavy goods on canals?

• ships

• flatboats

• wagons

• canoes

Multiple Choice

Why was it difficult for pioneers to travel over western terrain?

• there were too many groups

• it was difficult traveling with wagons, trying to cross rivers and mountains

• calm weather

• they needed permission

Multiple Select

Choose 3 answer:

Why did European immigrants move west instead of settling in the East?

• The East was crowded;

• Lands in the west were cheap

• The East was Plagued by disease and poverty

• They were not welcome there

To do:

Lesson 1 Assessment in your group.

Turn it in when you're done.​