Part 17 (1/2)

J. Winsor, The Westward Movement.

Questions

1. How did the West come to play a role in the Revolution?

2. What preparations were necessary to settlement?

3. Give the princ.i.p.al provisions of the Northwest Ordinance.

4. Explain how freehold land tenure happened to predominate in the West.

5. Who were the early settlers in the West? What routes did they take? How did they travel?

6. Explain the Eastern opposition to the admission of new Western states. Show how it was overcome.

7. Trace a connection between the economic system of the West and the spirit of the people.

8. Who were among the early friends of Western development?

9. Describe the difficulties of trade between the East and the West.

10. Show how trade was promoted.

Research Topics

Northwest Ordinance.-a.n.a.lysis of text in Macdonald, Doc.u.mentary Source Book. Roosevelt, Winning of the West, Vol. V, pp. 5-57.

The West before the Revolution.-Roosevelt, Vol. I.

The West during the Revolution.-Roosevelt, Vols. II and III.

Tennessee.-Roosevelt, Vol. V, pp. 95-119 and Vol. VI, pp. 9-87.

The c.u.mberland Road.-A.B. Hulbert, The c.u.mberland Road.

Early Life in the Middle West.-Callender, Economic History of the United States, pp. 617-633; 636-641.

Slavery in the Southwest.-Callender, pp. 641-652.

Early Land Policy.-Callender, pp. 668-680.

Westward Movement of Peoples.-Roosevelt, Vol. IV, pp. 7-39.

Lists of books dealing with the early history of Western states are given in Hart, Channing, and Turner, Guide to the Study and Reading of American History (rev. ed.), pp. 62-89.

Kentucky.-Roosevelt, Vol. IV, pp. 176-263.

CHAPTER XI

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY