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CH. 13 Section 1 Trails West

CH. 13 Section 1 Trails West. Mountain Men and the West. JEBEDIAH SMITH and JIM BECKWOURTH MOUNTAIN MEN who opened the WEST by discovering the best trails trough the Rocky Mountains. RENDEVOUS SYSTEM. Mountain Men traded Furs for supplies at a meeting point every summer.

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CH. 13 Section 1 Trails West

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  1. CH. 13 Section 1Trails West

  2. Mountain Men and the West JEBEDIAH SMITH and JIM BECKWOURTH MOUNTAIN MEN who opened the WEST by discovering the best trails trough the Rocky Mountains

  3. RENDEVOUS SYSTEM • Mountain Men traded Furs for supplies at a meeting point every summer

  4. THE LURE OF THE WEST • Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the U.S. • LAND SPECULATORS- bought huge areas of land hoping its value would increase • Sold land to farmers for great profits

  5. WORD JUMBLE - • UNSCRAMLBE THE FOLLOWING TERMS: • EMNOAUNTNIA • VSOUEDRNE • BEJIADHIAMITSH • MIJWROTHKEBC

  6. UNITED STATES OBTAINS LAND LAND SPECULATION

  7. SPECUALTORS PURCHASE LARGE AREAS

  8. SPECUALTORS PURCHASE LARGE AREAS

  9. SPECUALTORS PURCHASE LARGE AREAS

  10. SPECUALTORS PURCHASE LARGE AREAS

  11. WAIT TILL LAND VALUE GOES UP !!!

  12. WAIT TILL LAND VALUE GOES UP !!!

  13. WAIT TILL LAND VALUE GOES UP !!!

  14. WAIT TILL LAND VALUE GOES UP !!!

  15. WAIT TILL LAND VALUE GOES UP !!!

  16. SELL LAND TO FARMERS AND MERCHANTS

  17. SELL LAND TO FARMERS AND MERCHANTS

  18. SELL LAND TO FARMERS AND MERCHANTS

  19. SELL LAND TO FARMERS AND MERCHANTS

  20. SELL LAND TO FARMERS AND MERCHANTS

  21. SELL LAND TO FARMERS AND MERCHANTS

  22. SELL LAND TO FARMERS AND MERCHANTS

  23. MAKE HUGE PROFITS !!!!!!

  24. MAKE HUGE PROFITS !!!!!!

  25. MAKE HUGE PROFITS !!!!!!

  26. MAKE HUGE PROFITS !!!!!!

  27. MAKE HUGE PROFITS !!!!!!

  28. THE SANTA FE TRAIL Write and Answer the following ???’s: - What two cities did the Santa Fe trail connect? - What did American settlers come back with from Mexico? - What Fort did settlers stop at to purchase supplies on their journey?

  29. THE OREGON TRAIL

  30. THE OREGON TERRITORY • Tales of giant wheat, and abundant game enticed settlers to make the journey

  31. JOURNEY BEGINS THE TRAIL BEGAN IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI

  32. GENERAL STORE SETTLERS PURCHASED CRITICAL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR JOURNEY

  33. BATTLING THE SEASONS SETTLERS LEFT IN THE SPRING. IF THEY LEFT TO EARLY THEY MIGHT FACE SNOW, TOO LATE AND IT MIGHT GET HOT

  34. LANDMARKS ON THEIR JOURNEY, SETTLERS WERE GUIDED BY FOLLOWING LANDMARKS

  35. FORTS SETTLERS STOCKED UP ON SUPPLIES AT FORTS ALONG THEIR JOURNEY

  36. TOUGH JOURNEY SETTLERS FACED MANY DIFFICULTIES LIKE CROSSING RIVERS

  37. TOUGH JOURNEY HUNTING THEIR OWN GAME

  38. TOUGH JOURNEY FACING INJURY AND ILLNESS

  39. TOUGH JOURNEY SOMETIMES LEADING TO DEATH

  40. JOURNEYS END SETTLERS FACED ALL OF THIS JUST TO REACH THE OREGON TERRITORY

  41. MORMON TRAIL • MORMONS – MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS • CHURCH STARTED BY JOSEPH SMITH

  42. MORMON TRAIL • BRIGHAM YOUNG – MOVED HIS CHURCH OUT OF THE U.S. TO PRESENT DAY UTAH • FOLLOWED OREGON TRAIL INTO UTAH

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