Unit 3 Ch 5, Lesson 1 - Americans Move West Flashcards
What does supply mean
Is the amount of a good or service that is offered for sale
What does Frontier mean
land beyond the settled parts of the United States
What does demand mean
when people want something
What does trailblazer mean
Someone who makes a new path for others to follow
What does pass mean
Opening between mountains
Why was California a hard place to reach?
desserts and mountains separated it from other parts of Mexico and US
What was the only way to California before 1820?
by ship
what did trappers to in 1820
open new overland routes through the West. they discovered routes while looking for new places to trap beavers and other animals
Why did trappers come to California
new places to trap beavers and other animals
What were beaver furs used for
to make hats and other kinds of clothing
Why was the beaver supply down in the US
too many were killed for their fur.
Why was the price of beaver fur high
so many beavers were caught the demand was high but the supply low
what is rendezvous
where trappers would get together to sell their furs and buy supplies
Who is Jedediah Strong Smith
1st trapper to travel from Utah to California by land
Why didn’t Mexican governor let Smith explore California
They thought he was a spy and told him to leave California
What did the travels of Ewing Young in the 1830s do
develop the Old Spanish Trail from Santa Fe New Mexico to southern California
Who was Joseph Reddeford Walker
first American to cross Sierra Nevada from the east. He found a pass between mountains. Walker pass is named after him
What risks did explorers and trappers from the US face by going to California
freezing temperatures and rough lands and being put in jail
how did Jedediah Smith’s route into California differ from his route out of California?
on the way to they went through the desert and heat. On the way out, they went over Sierra Nevada and freezing temperatures
who was James Pattie and his father Sylvester Pattie
trappers who went to jail in California
who is James Beckworth
trapper who was taken prisoner by crow indians. He found a mountain pass between California and Sierra Nevada, called the Beckworth Pass
