MOVEMENT WEST

Reasons

Northwest Passage

Opens up the West

Document Resources

Establish peaceful relations with the Native Americans

LEWIS AND CLARK

TrailsOld Santa Fe Trail

Mormon TrailCalifornia TrailOregon Trail

TRAILS

Was a route through central North

America that served as a vital commercial and military highway until the introduction

of the railroad to Santa Fe in 1880.

OLD SANTA FE

Also known as the emigrant trail of about

2,000 miles that stretched across the

western half of the North American.

CALIFORNIA TRAIL

Members of the Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-Day Saints believed they

were following God’s will by coming West and settling in

the Great Basin

MORMON TRAIL

Route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independent

Missouri, to Columbia River in Oregon

Very difficultRocky Mountains

Missionaries

OREGON TRAIL

DifficultMany Children died falling off wagonsPeople falling and getting run over by

animalsSickness and disease

StarvationFreezing to death

Usually on the trail for 4 to 6 months

LIFE ON THE TRAIL

Reasons to move West• East was Crowded• Land/Economics• Missions • New Start (Mormons)

LIFE ON THE TRAIL

How did people move West• Covered Wagons• Handcarts• Walking• Trains (eventually)• Deaths and accidents• 15-20 miles a day• 4 to 6 months on the trail• 2,000 miles

LIFE ON THE TRIAL

War of 1812 how did this effect us?

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION