Life in the West Growth in the West

Life in the West Growth in the West 1860 -1900 Chapter 19, Section 3

Essential Questions: • How did the various challenges and opportunities of the West affect diverse groups living on the frontier? • How have these diverse groups living on the frontier contributed to the growth of United States History?

Abigail Scott Duniway • A Woman Settler Who Moved to Oregon in 1851 • In 1871, Started a Pro -Suffrage Newspaper for Women’s Rights • Founded the Oregon Equal Suffrage Association • Was Oregon’s First Woman Voter Ever!!!

Homestead • A Piece of Land with a House on it in the West • Quite Often Miles and Miles Away from Neighbors • Quite Lonely!!!

Types of Jobs for Women Out West on the Frontier • Women Were Responsible for Just About Everything Out West: – Family Doctors – Cooks – Teachers – Servants – Sheriffs – Gamblers/Outlaws – Ran Dance Halls and Boarding Houses

Women Get Rights Out West! • Women Were Given the Right to: – Own Private Property – Own Their Own $$$ – Right to Vote!!!

Hmmm…. . ? • Why do YOU think women were given these rights and respect in the West during the late 1800’s BEFORE the women in the East?

Esther Morris • Led the Women’s Suffrage Fight in Wyoming • Fought for Women’s Right to Vote!!! • Suffrage = Right to Vote!!!

First 4 U. S. States To Grant Women’s Suffrage • Wyoming Was the 1 st State EVER to Allow Women the Right to Vote (WHY? Get it? ) • Colorado, Utah, and Idaho Followed • What did Wyoming Tell Congress When Congress Told Wyoming They Can’t Be Part of the United States with a Women’s Right to Vote Law?

Gold Rush of 1849 • San Francisco Gold Rush of 1849 • Thousands of Miners and Speculators Rushed Out to Buy Land • San Francisco Became a Boomtown Overnight • Over 25, 000 People Migrated There in 1 Year – Led to Statehood (CA)

Boomtowns: • The Linking of the Transcontinental Railroad to these Cities Helped Them Become Boomtowns: – Denver, Colorado: Pikes Peak Gold Rush – Omaha, Nebraska: Meat Packing Industry – Portland, Oregon: Fish, Grain, and Lumber

Mexicanos • Mexicans Who Lived in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona and California Before The Mexican. American War • However, the Annexation of Texas and the Mexican Cession Brought That Territory Under U. S. Control • Mexicans Became Americans = Mexicanos

Racism Towards Mexicanos • As American Settlers Went Out West for Mining, Ranching, and Farming, they Claimed Land that Belonged to Mexicanos • When Mexicanos Went to U. S. Courts Claiming it was Given to them by Mexico, U. S. Would NOT Recognize Those Claims!!! • Any Idea Why? ? ?

The “Myth” of the Wild West • Most Americans Thought the Wild West was Full of Adventure/Excitement and Great Wealth • Novels Were Written of Miners, Ranchers, Farmers, Law Officers and Outlaws • Stories Were Often Exaggerated/Not True • Truth is, the West was a Most Difficult Place to Live and Survive!!!

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show • William “Buffalo” Cody (Buffalo Bill) Created a Wild West Show • Created Reenactments of Frontier Life in the West • Show Played in the United States and Europe!!!

Wyatt Earp • Frontier Peace Officer • Gunfighter • Gambler • Famous in Towns of Dodge City, Kansas & Tombstone, Arizona

Hollywood’s Wyatt Earp

“Billy the Kid” • Henry Mc. Carthy “Billy the Kid” • Outlaw and Hired Gun • Killed at 21

Calamity Jane • Woman on the Frontier • Wagon Driver, Scout, and Wild West Performer

Hollywood’s Calamity Jane

Owen Wister • Novelist Who Wrote, The Virginian (1902) • Wrote About Wyoming Cowhands • Exaggerated the Truth of the Wild West

Buffalo Soldiers • African Americans Serving in the Army Out on the Frontier • Made Huge Contributions by Providing Law and Order • Protection from Native American Attacks As Well! • Mrs. Legendre’s Grandfather was a Buffalo Soldier

Buffalo Soldiers

Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier” • http: //www. imeem. com/people/X 0 u. VR/music/Em 8 Pgt_p/bob_marley_buffal o_soldier/

How Did the U. S. Assist Settlers Going Out West? • U. S. Government Used the Army to Protect Settlers from Native Americans • U. S. Also Assisted with the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad • Gave Away Free Land (Native American Land) to Settler to Come Out and Settle the West.

Essential Questions: • How did the various challenges and opportunities of the West affect diverse groups living on the frontier? • How have these diverse groups living on the frontier contributed to the growth of United States History?