Jkrusiec's Waterfall
The prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s didnt work because the catholic church was able to give out wine for the Eucharist. this caused a increase of people in the church during masses, so that people could get a drink. Also there was also a black market type of thing that would sell alcohol to those who wanted it!
The same thing happens with Marijuana in todays society with the black market (drug dealers).
Its sad because people who traveled to the west were wrong to think that it was gonna be an easy journy, becasue im sure that the media of that time drew pictures of a beautiful land with a nice trail traveling into the distance with the sun setting behind it. and didnt show the hardships that they faces throughout the journey!
westward migration was important because cities were over populated, also the west was unmapped territories full with unknown dangers. That needed to be discovered for the country to continue to grow.There was cheap land and people wanted gold.
http://www.flowofhistory.org/themes/
Sacagawea assisted the lewis and clark expedition of 1804-06, but joined them in november. she was thier interpereter, she was 16 and pregnant! she was from the Lemhi Shoshones tribe. she became sick in th spring of 1805, Lewis was worried for her, and the expendition since she was their dependence for a friendlly negotiation with the snake indians on whom they depended on for horses to assist them!
http://www.historynet.com/
Manifest Destiny
noun
the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
The Donner Party were among the wave of emigrants who would bring the US its "manifest destiny" to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. they were trying to go a short cut into the mountains and a snow storm stopped them in their tracks, they first ate the animals, leather, then the started eating eachother...but family members werent supposed to eat other family members! EWWWW!!!!
The white population of the new United States did not stretch far beyond the eastern seaboard until the 19th century. The British Proclamation of 1763, the War of 1812, geological barriers and the lack of modern-day transportation all provided resistance against westward migration. But by the mid-1800s, the concept of Manifest Destiny–the belief that Americans had a divine right to expand their territory–gained footing, and Americans began to buy into the inevitability of settling both unexplored and already-claimed western frontiers, including the lands that now make up Texas, California, Colorado and Oregon. The California Gold Rush, the construction of railroads and a growing pioneer spirit all contributed to the expansion of the "wild west."
ya totally...we think of the westward migration we think of a game, or a nice easy ride on a nice looking trail with the sun setting in the backround. but it was not like that many people thought they were taking a short cut but ended up going through a dangerous path. And the trails werent as nice as we think of, it was rough, uneven, and dangerous!
this was my link to the dangers of the westward migration:
Dangers of Westward Migration: Robbers--picked up things that the pioneers left behind
Wild Animals--rattlesnakes, wolves, bears, and lots of other dangerous animals
Illnesses--killed indians, small pox, cholera
accidents--switching wagon parts, hunting
During the Westward Migration I think that people had about three ways of thinking,
1) Lets go explore!!
2) we'll go if we have to.
and 3) why would you go there, we dont even know whats out there!!
I also think that it would have been kind of fun to explore new land that you dont know what to expect!
I totally agree, the indians should have kept their land and be allowed to roam the land like they used to instead of pushing them onto a certain amount of land and fenced in like an animal. the westward migration was a great time to explore.
my hypothesis is correct because the land was cheap and since the population was growing there was more space in the west.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/
the westward migration was important because cities were over populated, the west was unmapped territories full with unknown dangers. That needed to be discovered for the country to continue to grow. There was cheap land to attract people there for cities to grow.
during the westward migration the people left the cites in the east to get the cheaper land in the west and for the riches that came with it, gold. They traveled in wagons pulled by oxen. but it was nothing like the computer game, oregon trail, these people went through hardships that they didnt think they would encounter. like sicknesses, injuries, snake bites, hardships from the landscape.
Lewis and Clark:
The expedition was made to find a water route across North America and to explore the uncharted west and was given to Lewis and Clark by Thomas Jefferson. He thought that they would encounter woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and a mountain of pure salt. they found the Rockies, over 50 tribes of native americans and about 300 species unkown to science at the time.
I think that the westward migration was one of the roughest things that the United States went through. it all started with the Lewis and Clark's Expedition to the west, with an Indian as their guide, named sacagawea.
the link below is the timeline of events that went into the westward migration.
http://www.flowofhistory.org/themes/
i am a woman worker and I work for about 12 hrs a day, this might not seem like very long but at the end of the six day workweek i will have worked about 72 hrs a week. we do not get vacations, sick leave, unemployment compensation, or reimbursement for injuries suffered on the job.
Thats true but, those of us who are actually working for that 60 hrs a week with the pay that we get you would realize that it isn't realistic and that we need time with our families just like you do. And maybe even more time with our families because we barely see them as it is. It might be a little bit more money for the working people, but for the business owners they will make so much more money than us because we barely get paid.
