2. Review Turner Thesis Assignment
3. Causes of Westward Expansion and Settlement
- Manifest Destiny (ideological)
- Immigration (in the millions post war)
- Cheap land (Homestead Act 1862, Morrill Land Grants 1862, Desert Land Act 1877, Timber Culture Act 1873)
- Demand for labor (shortage meant higher wages in some industries)
- Mining Opportunities (Gold, Silver, cooper, lead, zinc, quartz, tin)
- Cattle Ranching/Sheepherding/ the Cowboy life
- Farming (fertile prairie land, stronger strains of wheat, advanced technology: steel plow, mechanical reapers, barbed wire, windmills/water-pumps, irrigation)
- Transcontinental Railroad (cheap and easy transportation of people and supplies)
- Appeal of Wild West Culture (Turner Thesis)
HW - Prepare for test
- Multiple Choice, Short Answer, Essay
- Essay question - Some historians have argued that the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods constituted a second American Revolution. Support, modify, or refute this contention using specific evidence.
- thesis (with three categories - a fourth counter-argument category is strongly encouraged)
- 3 body paragraphs (a fourth counter-argument paragraph is strongly encouraged)
- Don't forget: topic sentences, specific evidence, ANALYSIS instead of description
- The Rubric
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