6.4 The US is expanding

6.4 The US is expanding
  • Rich Englishmen who could buy a lot of land in America
  • Poor English looking for a better life in America (contract workers.
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6.4 The US is expanding
  • Rich Englishmen who could buy a lot of land in America
  • Poor English looking for a better life in America (contract workers.

Slide 1 - Slide

What were motives for Europeans to immigrate to the US ?

Slide 2 - Mind map

Protesters took part in a Black Lives Matter rally in Seattle on Apr. 15, 2017

Slide 3 - Slide

The US is facing a new civil war

Slide 4 - Mind map

Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you can... 
  • Explain why the United States is called the "realm of freedom
  • Explain why the pioneers moved further into the United States
  • Explaining the frontier
  • Explaining what a reserve is and how the Indians ended up there
  • Explaining and explaining what Manifest Destiny is.

Slide 5 - Slide

At the end of the lesson, you can... 
  • Explain why the United States is called the "realm of freedom
  • Explain why the pioneers moved further into the United States
  • Explaining the frontier
  • Explaining what a reserve is and how the Indians ended up there
  • Explaining and explaining what Manifest Destiny is.
Religion
Wealth

Slide 6 - Slide

Religion
  • Pilgrim Fathers: conservative ('pure') protestant. Couldn't practise their faith in England.
  • Quakers: tolerant protestants. Were persecuted in England. They were for feedom of religion.

Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Slide

Wealth
  • Rich Englishmen who could buy a lot of land in America
  • Poor English looking for a better life in America (contract workers.

Slide 9 - Slide

Lack of space for the immigrants


Doubling the number of white inhabitants from around 4 million to nearly 10 million


Slide 10 - Slide

Reasons for migration


  • The pioneers (those who first moved to the west) sought space with them.
  • California became popular after finding gold (gold rush).

Slide 11 - Slide

  • The pioneers (those who first moved to the west) sought space with them.
  • California became popular after finding gold (gold rush).
But doesn't anyone live here? 

Slide 12 - Slide

Slide 13 - Slide

Indians
  • Americans are getting more and more in touch with Indians
  • The Indians are forced to live in reservations
  • Trial of tears

Slide 14 - Slide

  • Indians are losing more and more territory and food to America 
  • By further warfare the cultures of the Indians disappear.
  • Hunting bison turns out to be profitable, Indians get more and more hungry... 

Slide 15 - Slide

  • Indians are losing more and more territory and food to America 
  • By further warfare the cultures of the Indians disappear.
  • Hunting bison turns out to be profitable, Indians get more and more hungry... 
Trail of tears 

Slide 16 - Slide

Over the Mississippi
  • Indians are losing more and more territory and food to America. In 1830, a law was passed that could force tribes to leave their lands.
  • Trail of Tears: forced journey to a reserve. 4,000 of the 16,000 Cherokees are killed.
  • The Indians on the Great Plains seemed safe from the advancing frontier.

Slide 17 - Slide

The US is expanding
  • Trail of Tears
  •        - Still from Indians to reservation
  •        - Thousands of deaths

  • Special vocation of Americans
  •        - Manifesto Destiny: A God-given command to the American civilization.
  • from the Atlantic ocean to the Great Ocenan

  • Takes care of it:
  • Annexation areas
  •        - Texas
  •        - Northwest America
  • Gold Rush
  •        - Inflow of gold prospectors 

Slide 18 - Slide

For what reasons do English people migrate to America?
A
Religion
B
Gold
C
Religion and Wealth
D
Enlightened ideals

Slide 19 - Quiz

Which description of 'reservations' is good?
A
Territory of the Indians
B
Territory of the settlers
C
Territory of the colonists.
D
Areas assigned to Native Americans

Slide 20 - Quiz


The United States Declaration of Independence was the first document to use Enlightened Ideas. Give an example of this.

Slide 21 - Open question

Why does the Manifest Destiny fit in with the ideals of the Enlightenment?

Slide 22 - Open question


Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson

Slide 23 - Open question


Ask 1 question about something that you have not yet understood this lesson

Slide 24 - Open question

The US is expanding
  • Trail of Tears
  •        - Still from Indians to reservation
  •        - Thousands of deaths

  • Special vocation of Americans
  •        - Manifesto Destiny: A God-given command to the American civilization.
  • from the Atlantic ocean to the Great Ocenan

  • Takes care of it:
  • Annexation areas
  •        - Texas
  •        - Northwest America
  • Gold Rush
  •        - Inflow of gold prospectors 

Slide 25 - Slide

Lesdoelen
Aan het eind van de les kan jij...
  • Uitleggen waarom de Verenigde Staten het 'rijk van de vrijheid' worden genoemd
  • Verklaren waarom de pioniers verder de Verenigde Staten introkken
  • Uitleggen wat de frontier is
  • Uitleggen wat een reservaat is en hoe de indianen daar terecht kwamen
  • Uitleggen en verklaren wat Manifest Destiny is.

Slide 26 - Slide

Huiswerk
Hoofdstuk 6, paragraaf 4:
maken opdrachten 2, 3, 5 t/m 10

(digitale methode MEMO) 

Slide 27 - Slide