Monday, August 10
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.
.
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.
1.George Washington
4. James Madison
Known for as the Father
of the Constitution.
Known for honor
and self-sacrifice
Wife: Martha
2. John Adams
Known for
outspokenness and
determination
Very in love with wife
Abigail.
3.Thomas Jefferson
Known for high
intelligence and being a
champion for freedom
and liberty.
Wife: Martha (who died
young)
Wife: Dolly Madison
(very popular)
5. James Monroe
Known for the Monroe
Doctrine which kept
Europe from trying to
take over the Western
Hemisphere
Wife: Elizabeth
6. John Quincy Adams
Known for being the
son of John Adams
and fighting against
slavery.
Wife: Louisa
Timeline
1783
America wins
independence from Great
Britain
1803
The Louisiana Purchase
doubles the size of
America
Timeline
1811
1812
First steamboat travels
down the Mississippi
War of 1812
against the British
Input Page
PRESIDENTS OF THE WESTWARD EXPANSION
Jackson (7) – Polk (11)
“Those who labor on the
earth are the chosen
people of God” – Thomas
Jefferson
7. Andrew Jackson
(supportive)
Indian Removal
Act
8. Martin Van Buren
10. John
Tyler
9.William
Harrison
(not supportive)
(?)
(supportive
)
11. James K. Polk
(super supportive)
Mexican-American
War
Push/Pull Factors
• Push
Factor
usually negative.
Something is pushing you
away from your homes.
Talk with SHP
What would have pushed
people away from their homes
in the East and Midwest?
Push/Pull Factors
Pull
Factor
usually positive. Something is
pulling you to something new.
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
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?
WARM-UP
AUGUST 12, 2015
WORD WEB - Turn back to the bubble map you created with the video.
CONNECT WORDS THAT GO TOGETHER IN SOME WAY. Use different colors .
Trapping
Pacific
Ocean
Beavers
Wward
Expansion
Lewis &
Clark