ap us history
Subject:
I. The Westward Movement
I. The U.S. marched quickly toward the West which proved to be very hard with disease and loneliness.
II. Frontier people were individualistic, superstitious and ill-informed of current matters.
II. Shaping the Western Landscape
I. The westward movement molded the environment.
o Tobacco overuse had exhausted the land forcing settlers to move on, but “Kentucky bluegrass” thrived.
o Settlers trapped beavers, sea otters, and bison for fur to ship back East.
II. The spirit of nationalism led to an appreciation of the American wilderness.
o Artist George Catlin pushed for national parks and later achieved it with Yellowstone in 1872.
III. The March of the Millions
I. In the mid-1800s, the population continued to double every 25 years.
