Westward Movement

6.4 Westward Movement

By Tashara Blair

• own land, start businesses, build new lives

• religious freedom

• fur trappers​

Opportutnities and Challenges

• ​buy land in 640-acre tracts

• allow settlers in territories to organize into states

• outlaw slavery in the territories​

Northwest Ordinance

Why did Americans move West?

Heading into the West

• territories gained by war or treaties (Florida, Oregon, SW States)

• settlers follow the rivers (Mohawk R to Lake Erie; Pittsburgh to Ohio R; Missouri R; Platte R)

• A​merican System: tariffs to protect industry; national bank to promote business growth; tariffs and sale of public lands fun roads, canals, and other improvements

• transportation technology: steamboats, canals, National Road​

• rapid population shift to the West

• frontier continuously moving further West

• sectional differences continue to build​

Changing the Country

• lots of resources- required hard labor

• traditional roles for men and women shift- everyone does everything​

Settlers build new lives

Movement Changes the West and the nation

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Multiple Choice

What is the main reason so many settlers moved west of the Appalachian Mountains in the early 1800s?

• to create farms and find jobs

• to increase their independence

• to be able to make their own laws

• to be closer to the port of Louisiana

Multiple Choice

Why were decent roads so necessary for settlers traveling west?

• They showed settlers the route.

• Settlers were used to good roads.

• Many settlers were using wagons.

• Settlers would not travel without good roads.

Multiple Choice

In general, steamboats were able to travel

• more safely than other boats.

• more quickly than other boats.

• on more rivers than other boats.

• from more ports than other boats.

Multiple Choice

The main purpose of building longer canals in the early 1800s was to

• connect lakes and rivers.

• speed up travel in the East.

• assist westward expansion.

• help western farmers get goods to market.

Multiple Choice

How did the Westward movement change women's roles?

• Women began to do a wider variety of jobs.

• Women had a voice in government for the first time.

• Women gained more educational opportunities.

• Women got married at a younger age.