Life IN THE WEST

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UNIT 11.3
Life IN THE WEST
MR LANGHORST
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Women treated more as equals in the west and
given more rights
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sonPrintedVersion.aspx?LessonID212
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Wyoming is the first state to allow women to vote
- 1869
http//www.boisestate.edu/socwork/dhuff/us/chapter
s/CHAPTER206.htm
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HOMESTEAD a piece of land with a home on it
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sod_04.html
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SAN FRANCISCO grows due to gold rush DENVER
grows due to gold and railroad Omaha grows due
to cattle and meat packing
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MEXICANOS Spanish speaking people in the
American Southwest
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Easterners read novels about the west Wyatt Earp
and Calamity Jane
http//www.legendsofamerica.com/postcards-pictures
-of/WE-WyattEarp.jpg
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WILLIAM BUFFALO BILL CODY creates a traveling
show that spreads the myth of the West
http//www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-oldwest/Buf
faloBillCody2.jpg
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BUFFALO SOLDIERS African American soldiers who
fought in the West
http//www.militaryartshop.com/prints/kunstler/buf
falosoldierstamprint.jpg
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