文档介绍：Westward Movement
(西进运动)
Abstract
Westward movement in America carried settlers across America, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Period : the early 17th ----late 19th centuries
Reasons:
Make a better life,for the land、the wealth、more opportunities
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 1
The first American frontier ran along the Appalachian Mountains after territory west of the mountains came under British control in 1763.
During the early 1800’s, the next push westward took settlers into the Great Lakes region, the Mississippi River Valley, and the plains along the Gulf of Mexico. By the mid-1840’s ,adventurous pioneers had reached what are now California and Oregon in the far west
The last frontier was the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains .The settlement of that region began in the 1880’ 1890, the Bureau of the Census(人口调查局) reported that no frontiers remained in the .
EFFECTS
positive
negative
Promote democracy
encourage the development of certain "American" characteristics.
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Indian removal act
Time:1830
President Andrew Jackson
Indian tribes were all forced off their nations and moved on to reservations(保留地)