Social Studies - Chpt. 8 - Moving West

MOVING WEST - CHAPTER 8






Lesson 1
Inventions, Roads, and Railroads








Vocabulary:  profit,  mass production,  Industrial Revolution,  canal
  • New ideas and inventions helped businesses make profits.
  • New roads and canals, along with the invention of the steamboat, moved settlers and goods more quickly and cheaply to the west.
  • Railroads, although expensive to build, brought benefits in speed and cost.



Lesson 2
The Lone Star State


Vocabulary:  
vaquero,  annex,  Missouri Compromise,  manifest destiny


  • In the 1830's many Americans settled in Texas to farm and ranch.
  • In 1836, Texans declared and won independence from Mexico.
  • American annexation of Texas led to the Mexican War.  The treaty ending the war gave all of northern Mexico to the United States.


Lesson 3
Trails to the West



Vocabulary:  wagon train,  prairie schooner,  persecution

  • In the 1840's, thousand of settlers headed west in covered wagons.
  • The pioneers mainly followed the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, and the California Trail across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains.
  • Traders used the Sante Fe Trail and the Old Spanish Trail to move cargo.


Lesson 4
The California Gold Rush


Vocabulary:  
gold rush,  entrepreneur,   discrimination,   Pony  Express

  • The discovery of gold in California in 1848 set off a huge gold rush.
  • Miners used pans, sluices, picks, and other tools to find gold.
  • Entrepreneurs made big profits selling goods and services to miners.
  • California's population grew.  It became a state in 1850.



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