America Settling the Last West Video

America Settling the Last West Video. Learning Objectives for this video:

• The Settlement of The West. Learn about Settling the Last West in early America. Witness the staying power of a young America through the turbulent times of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the taming of the Wild West.
• Learn why the North, South, and West argued over the issues of tariffs, slavery, and states' rights.
• Compare the strengths of the Union and the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War and learn what life was like for both soldiers and civilians.
• Examine the reasons why Reconstruction failed and the problems involved in rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
• See how the geography of the West affected its settlement and how America's westward expansion destroyed the Native Americans' way of life.
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