Culture

2. What I already know: Who?** The people traveling during Westward Expansion 3. **What I want to know: Who?** settlers during westward expansion 4. **My Research Strategy: Who? What? When? Where? How?**
 * 1. My topic is Culture during Westward Expansion.
 * What?** music, clothing, food, religion, etc.
 * Where?** America
 * When?** i dont know:)
 * Why?** Culture has changed a lot over the years
 * How?** peoples clothes, religion, food, music, etc has changed by what they wear, listen to, eat, and believe
 * What?** about their culture
 * Where?** america, west
 * When?** dont know
 * Why?** to see how the culture has changed and discover new things
 * How?**
 * How did this impact the Great Depression, or how did the Great Depression affect this?**

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Daily life during the Westward Expansion consisted of traditional family roles and duties, except everything was on the move.

The familes on the trail, traveled at a price. Everything was more difficlut when you had to do it on the move. Traveling during Westward Expansion could change based on the day. Some days you could travel up to 15 miles, and some days you could travel much less. Difficulties during travel consisted of crossing rivers and attacks from animals as well as Indians.(Pendergast, Tom, and Sara Pendergast. "Culture." //Westward Expansion Primary Sources). Wagons that was used by the pioneers needed to be strong and durable so that they could travel over the rugged terrain. They also needed to be light enough so that they could travel quickly and big enough to carry all of a family's belongings. Outiftters made a wagon that became known as a prairie schooner because its billowing canvas looked like sails from far away. (//Pendergast, Tom, and Sara Pendergast. "Culture." //Westward Expansion Primary Sources) Food that the pioneers had needed to be able to be carried uncooked and dry because refridgeration was not an option. These foods consisted of bacon and coffee. Aslo, they needed foods such as flour, salt, and sugar which could be used for cooking as well as preserving food. Pioneers also brought along with them a variety of foods like meat, berries, and if they brought along a cow they would have milk. (//Pendergast, Tom, and Sara Pendergast. "Culture." //Westward Expansion Primary Sources) Causes of death came in all different forms. They consisted of over exhaustion, dehydration, fires, floods, stampedes, and most of all... diesease. Dieseases were by far the number one cause of death for the pioneers. Typhiod, dysentery, and mountain fever were the most common diseases that struck the pioneers. Over 20,000 people died along the journey and had to be buried.(//Life on the Trail westward expansion." //Digital History)// There was a variety of different people who traveled during Westward Expansion. People who traveled west did so for a variety of reasons. For example, Mormans traveled to Utah for freedom and liberty. Many pioneers travled west for either material reasons, land, and a way to earn a decent living. Others traveled west during the California Gold Rush in order to get rich quick. (Canada, Mark. "Antebelum Culture and History." //All American: Literature, History, and Culture) Many of the people who lived in the United States were from all different walks of life. They came from different religions, ethnic backgrounds, and they all folllowed a different religion. Soon after the War of 1812 though the states began to act more and more united and they started to develop their own culture and herritage that showed who they were.(//Bellinger, Robert. "'Life Overview.'" //American Eras//. Gale Virtual Resource Library) Men and women both played very important roles during Westward Expansion. The men drove the wagons and controled the livestock, guarded the camp, and hunted. The women got up early in the morning, gathered fuel for fires which would either be wood or buffalo chips, hauled water, lit the fires, kneaded the dough, and milked the cows. At the end of the day the women were expected to make dinner, make the beds, wash the clothes, air out the wagons to prevent mildew, and take care of the children. Sometimes though the women would have to preform some of the roles that usually were reserved for men such as driving the wagons, yoking the cattle, and loading the wagons. On rare occasions the men would even do some of the women's chores such as cooking and cleaning. (Life on the Trail (westward expansion)." //Digital History)// Traveling during Westward Expansion was nothing like traveling is today. Everything had to be portable,and small enough to be carried thousands of miles. Many of the familys left prized possessions behind. Both men and women had important duties to attend to in order to make the journy possible. Life was the opposite of easy for the pioneers who traveled on the dangerous trails in the hopes of creating a new and better life.

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