Friday Nov. 6 Flashcards
(9 cards)
Great Plains
starting over, becoming free
Indian Images on the Oregon Trail: (Sioux Indians) and (Sweet Betsy from Pike-songz)
Indians still unknown;
-trade things for foods/commerce while wagon trains moved west
Sweet Betsy
- how a woman goes cross country on a wagon.
-good guys (white guys) fight off bad, 1, organized, 2, technology- having revolvers.
Emerson Hough, The Covered Wagon, 1922
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California Gold Rush
Sutter's Mill 1848 -James Marshall found gold clutter in river -tries to keep it a secret. -proclaims gold is in american rivers Mass migration begins in 1849 -10,000 people (different nationalities -Sea and land routes to CA -ship down Panama -ship down cape horn
Mormon Migration Origins
Begins in New York Joseph Smith -visions that lead him to gold plates -book of mormon (supplement of the bible) -Build faith; gaining converts -troubles of wider society -too radical; relocate to several places (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois) -polygamy Joseph Smith killed by angry mob Brigham Young (new leader) -relocate (Utah) -Mormon church out west -place to start over, protection, independent
What did the Great Plains mean to Jefferson, Zebulon Pike, Santa Fe traders, citizens of New Mexico, John Gast and white farm families?
- opportunity, expansion for the common farm man;
- expanding working hard; continues idea of american virtue;
- make your own future on your own. commerce;
- connect with the rest of the world, dangerous, idea of
- american progress,
- industry that people can move to.
- place of opportunity.
How might the environment of the Plains shape American identity?
idea of perseverance of hard object, risk vs. reward
Is the business of America business?
-good people are out there not driven by money, bad drawn by money
-gold rush, mormons= religious freedom; better lifestyle
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-penis. chodes too
Folk songs
“Sweet Betsy form Pike”
-how they were making their trip to California
-displays a strong woman–> environmental determinism
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