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The Surge West

Summary

Name:

The westward movement of the American population occurred in _____________________ of settlement. The first began early in the nation's history, resulting in the statehood of ___________________, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio, all of which were admitted to the Union between 1791 and 1803. With the Louisiana Purchase the US doubled in size, opening up new regions to exploration and settlement. Once the _______________ ended, expansion began in earnest. The government was eager to enlarge the Union, and, accordingly, six new states joined the Union between 1816 and 1821: Indiana, Mississippi, _________________, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri.

Settlers of the west, called pioneers, usually migrated as families and settled along the rivers of the West in order to facilitate trade. Pioneers often settled among others who hailed from the same areas of the East, or shared similar customs or religion. For instance, Indiana was overwhelmingly populated by southern migrants. As a result, many New Englanders chose not to settle there and instead moved on to Michigan, which became primarily populated with former New England residents. Even before there were organized cities and towns, there was a strong sense of _____________________ and____________________ in the West. Inhabitants met regularly to participate in sports and hold fairs, parties, and "hoedowns," or dances.

There was a measure of rivalry between East and West, which was ever-present in the minds of many western settlers. Easterners thought westerners were ___________________ and _________________, and westerners in turn chided the East for its soft and luxurious lifestyle. The identity of the West grew up around the ideals of simplicity, openness, and honesty. This identity was universally known throughout the settlements, and the westerners strove to support it with actions, consistently trying to demonstrate their simplistic _______________________ to easterners and the eastern press, which painted the west as the domain of the unintelligent and backwards.

The federal government encouraged western expansion throughout the early nineteenth century. Most prominently, soldiers had been promised western lands in return for enlisting in the American army during the War of 1812. A total of ________________________ acres were dealt in this manner as "military bounties," and many soldiers moved west at their earliest convenience to find arable land for farming after the war's end in 1814. Furthermore, in ______________________, Congress authorized the appropriation of funds for the formerly postponed project of construction of a National Road, which by 1838 reached Vandalis, Illinois, and was widely used as a connection to western lands.

Commentary

In 1806, Zebulon Pike journeyed into the Rockies of what is now southern Colorado and sighted the peak now named for him. The Lewis and ____________________ explored land in the Far West. Both of these expeditions returned East with maps of the explored territory and stories that quickly became exaggerated into the legend of the West, which enticed many an easterner to risk the uncertain journey to the little known territory.

The first settlers of the West, who in settling opened the west up to further settlement, were entrepreneurial _____________________. In 1811, John Jacob Astor of New York, founded Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon as a center for the fur trade. In the 1820s and 1830s, fur trading grew up all along the Missouri river. Some white fur traders became legends in their own time for their astounding feats of bravery in surviving harsh conditions to gather and sell furs. These "______________________" included Jedediah Smith, Kit Carlson, and _____________________. All of them became intertwined in the legend of the West.

Ordinary settlers did not flock to the West in the hopes of finding adventure. The typical migrant sought a greater measure of _________________________. Indeed, it was not until the spread of canals in the 1820s and 1830s, or railroads in the 1860s, that settlers would even venture from the shores of the major rivers of the West. To most Americans, "the West" still referred to the area between the __________________________________________ and the Mississippi River. Before 1840, few ventured into the Far West. Knowing that the average migrant wanted stability and security, newspaper reports and pamphlets aimed at describing the West to easterners usually stressed the bountiful __________________________ of the region over its perils and sometimes harsh conditions. A legislator from the Missouri Territory wrote east in 1816 in efforts to encourage migration that in the territory of what is now the Midwest, "there neither is, nor, in the nature of things, can there ever be, anything like poverty there. All is ease, ____________________ and comfort." This description demonstrates the desire on the part of the federal government and the evolving western governments to encourage the settlement and development of the west, which they thought could serve as a great bounty to the nation as a whole.

The rivalry between East and West was a result of the sharp contrast between western and eastern life. Indeed, life in the west was rough, with only a sprinkling of elegance amid a vast sea of ____________________ and ______________________ with few modern amenities. The exchange of insults between East and West had a profound effect on western identity. Westerners prided themselves on their simple manners and were not only hostile to the decadent East but also intolerant of other westerners who demonstrated pretensions to gentility. Anyone who acted as if they were above the masses was ostracized, and even a politician who rode to a public meeting in a ____________________ instead of________________________ lost votes.

Vocabulary

1.       Facilitate-

2.       Primitive-

3.       Uncouth-

4.       Enlist-

5.       Entrepreneurial-

6.       Intolerant-

7.       Ostracized-

8.       Gentility-

9.       Pretensions-

10.   Obstacle-

11.   Squatter-

12.   Preemption-

13.   Subsistence farming-

Important people

1.      Zebulon Pike-

2.      Lewis and Clark-

3.       Jedediah Smith-

4.      Thomas Jefferson-

Ben Franklin Webquest

WebQuest: Benjamin Franklin's Life 

 

1.) When and where was Franklin born?

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/index.htm

2.) What did Benjamin Franklin invent because he was sick of switching his glasses?
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html
3.) What did Benjamin Franklin create using electricity?
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html
4.) In 1776, what document did Benjamin Franklin sign?
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_citizen_founding.html
5.) How many slaves did Benjamin Franklin own and what were their names?
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_citizen_abolitionist.html
6.) What document did Benjamin Franklin publish to address educating former slaves?
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_citizen_abolitionist.html
7.) Name six things that Benjamin Franklin created?
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/inventor.html
8.) When did the first lending library in America open?
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/librarian.html
9.) What was the name of Benjamin Franklin's newspaper?
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/printer.html
10.) When and where did Benjamin Franklin die? He was how old?
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/timeline.html
11.) What is an aphorism?  Give one of your favorite Franklin aphorisms?
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/printer/abc.html

12.) What year did Ben Franklin propose Daylight Savings Time?

13.)  What did Franklin invent that is named after himself?

http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html

14.)  Franklin was _________ in a family of ___________children.

15.)  Explain how Benjamin Franklin may be considered a true “Renaissance Man”.  Be Specific.

The American Revolution Webquest

Webquest

Baroque art

Stylistic Definition

The term Baroque is applied to various styles. In French, "Baroque" means irregular, and consequently, flawed pearl. Baroque painting and sculpture had a tendency to be :

• Stormy.
• exceedingly emotional
• more dynamic than earlier styles. The period is identified as encompassing an art of passion and theatrical displays
• more dynamic than earlier styles. The period is identified as encompassing an art of passion and theatrical displays. It is :
1. Forceful
2. Brilliant
3. Tense
4. Bursting with energy
5. Sensual
6. Extravagant

Look at a few examples of Baroque are on the internet and then choose an emotional scene from your favorite book and draw it following the above guidelines for Baroque art. 

Da Vinci Webquest

 

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Paintings

Choose one of the paintings below that you like the most and do the questions at the bottom.

Pendant Icon, 17th–18th century
Ethiopia; Amharic
Wood, tempera paint

 

The Coronation of the Virgin, after 1595
Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese, 1560–1609)
Oil on canvas

Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj: Folio from the Harivamsa (Legend of Hari [Krishna]), Mughal period (1526–1858), ca. 1590–95
Present-day Pakistan, probably Lahore
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

 

  

Woman with a Pink, early 1660s
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Oil on canvas

Copy and paste these questions into the comments right below the questions:

1. Title of the painting:

2. Artists:

3. Paint Medium:

4. Name one strong feeling you have when viewing this painting: 

5. 8 sentence paragraph describing what you think is going on in the painting you chose: