Warm-Up You live in Ohio in 1840. You and your family have heard stories about a wonderful land in...

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Warm-Up You live in Ohio in 1840. You and your family have heard stories about a wonderful land in the Northwest, with sparkling rivers and good farming land. You all decide to leave your home in Ohio and head West. Your family will take a covered wagon and will travel 2000 miles. Monday, August 10 . What do you think your family will need to take on this long trip? Make a packing list! Remember, you only have the wagon for you to both ride in and carry your supplies and belongings in.

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Warm-Up

You live in Ohio in 1840. You and your family have heard stories about a wonderful land in the Northwest, with sparkling rivers and good farming land. You all decide to leave your home in Ohio and head West. Your family will take a covered wagon and will travel 2000 miles.

Monday, August 10

.

What do you think your family will need to take on this long trip? Make a packing list! Remember, you only have the wagon for you to both ride in and

carry your supplies and belongings in.

4. James Madison

5. James Monroe

6. John Quincy Adams

Known for as the Father of the Constitution.

Wife: Dolly Madison (very popular)

Known for the Monroe Doctrine which kept Europe from trying to take over the Western Hemisphere

Wife: Elizabeth

Known for being the son of John Adams and fighting against slavery.

Wife: Louisa

1.George Washington

Known for honor and self-sacrificeWife: Martha

2. John AdamsKnown for outspokenness and determinationVery in love with wife Abigail.

3.Thomas JeffersonKnown for high intelligence and being a champion for freedom and liberty. Wife: Martha (who died young)

Timeline

1783America wins independence from Great Britain

1803The Louisiana Purchase

doubles the size of America

Timeline

1811First steamboat travels

down the Mississippi

1812War of 1812

against the British

Input Page

PRESIDENTS OF THE WESTWARD EXPANSIONJackson (7) – Polk (11)

Architect of Expansion

7. Andrew Jackson

(supportive)

Indian Removal

Act

8. Martin Van Buren

(not supportive)

9.William Harrison

(?)

10. John

Tyler(supportive)

11. James K. Polk(super

supportive)Mexican-American

War

Nah

“Those who labor on the earth are the chosen people of God” – Thomas Jefferson

Talk with SHP

What would have pushed people away from their homes in the East and Midwest?

Talk with SHP

What would have pulled people towards the West?

Dates

Railroad

Cost

WWE Lasted from late 1800s to late 1900s.

Aided by the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869

It took money to do it. It cost several hundred dollars to pack up and head West.

Many families

VIDEO

Things to watch for:

•What adjectives are used to describe Americans?

•How many miles a day did they walk?

•How many Americans died on the Westward Journey?

My American Story - WESTWARD EXPANSION VIDE

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WARM-UP AUGUST 12, 2015WORD WEB - Turn back to the bubble map you created with the video. CONNECT WORDS THAT GO TOGETHER IN SOME WAY. Use different colors .

WwardExpansion

Beavers

Trapping

Lewis & Clark

Pacific Ocean