American History Unit 4: Westward Expansion
Big Ideas: Push and Pull factors, difficulties on the frontier, causes of
conflicts with the Native Americans, issues of land ownership, effects of a
third party, farm technology
Essential Questions: Why expand? What happens to indigenous people during
expansion? What does it mean to own land? What all is expanded during expansion?
Wednesday 10/20: Time Line Test and HW#1 in class
Thursday 10/21: Mapping Assignment
Friday 10/22: Video
Monday 10/25: Library for project
Tuesday 10/26: Intro the West and Frederick Jackson Turner
Wednesday 10/27: Native American Battles and Treatment HW #2 DUE
Thursday 10/28: Native American Battles and Treatment continued
Friday 10/29: Mining, ranching, and Farming; HW#3 Due
Monday 11/1: Populism - Omaha Platform and The Grange, HW#4 Due
Tuesday 11/2: Populism Part II and the Wizard of OZ, PROJECT DUE
Wednesday 11/3: Review; STUDY GUIDE DUE
Thursday 11/4: Test Unit 4
Timeline
Yellowstone National Park created Custer’s Last Stand
Dawes Act Battle of Wounded Knee
Bryan’s Cross of Gold Speech Garfield elected president
Arthur becomes president Cleveland first elected president Origin of Species
published Morrill Land Grant Act
Harrison elected president McKinley elected president
Oklahoma Land Grab Homestead Act
transcontinental RR completed
Homework #2: Chapter 7 Section 2: 261-267 DUE: Wednesday 10/27
1. Define the following: nomads, reservation, Ghost Dance, assimilation, Dawes
Act, boomers, sooners
2. Why was the Sand Creek Massacre fought? What was the result?
3. Why was the Battle of Little Big Horn fought? What was the result?
4. Why was the Battle of Wounded Knee fought? What was the result?
5. What was the main idea behind Helen Hunt Jackson’s Century of Dishonor?
6. Why did the Native Americans feel that the Dawes Act was the most inhumane
act white society did to the native peoples?
7. Describe the events of April 22, 1889 at noon.
Homework #3: Chapter 7 Section 3: 268-276 DUE Friday 10/29
1. Why did cattle ranching become so successful after the Civil War?
2. What ended the practice of the long drive?
3. What made farming difficult on the plains?
4. What stereotypes were created about the old west?
5. What role did technology play in mining, ranching, and farming? GIVE EXAMPLES!
Homework #4: Chapter 7 Section 4: 277-282 DUE Monday 11/1
1. Define the following: deflation, monetary policy, bimetallic standard, free
silver
2. What 2 forces always seemed to work against the farmers?
3. Why was silver and deflation viewed as necessary by the farmers?
4. What was the Grange?
5. What was the goal of the Populists? Whom did they represent?
Unit 4 Project
Native American Report
One aspect of this unit will address the manner in which the Native Americans
were treated in our country. In order to gain a greater appreciation of the
Native Americans, we will write a 2 page report on an assigned individual.
Criteria
• Background of their life
• Information on their tribe
• His role and the actions of the tribe in conflicts with white society
• 2 pages typed, double spaced, and normal font
• Include a photo of your leader
• Properly formatted Bibliography with TWO reliable sources (Wikipedia does
not count)
• This paper will be turned in on turnitin.com
Native Americans
1. Chief Joseph Nez Perce
2. Geronimo Apache
3. Cochise Apache
4. Sitting Bull Sioux
5. Crazy Horse Sioux
6. Big Foot Cheyenne
7. Black Kettle Cheyenne
8. Red Cloud Dakota
This project is due on Tuesday 11/2/2010 A.D. and turned in on
http://turnitin.com/static/index.html