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1、After Twenty Years,校对：李炳璋（原名李东升）-全国唯一一位曾经连续三年命中过高考试题中理科和文科一些试题的人 更多精彩请加824135830 请告诉你的姓名 there is no other rule. - O. Henry,The American West is generally considered to include the eight Rocky Mountain states and the three Pacific Coast states. Historically, the West has been mainly a sociopolitical
2、 or even mythological concept rather than a specific geographical area.,The American West,To be continued on the next page.,General Introduction,The Rocky Mountain states: This region consists of eight states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.,The American Wes
3、t,To be continued on the next page.,Arizona,The American West,To be continued on the next page.,Colorado,Idaho,The American West,To be continued on the next page.,Montana,Nevada,New Mexico,Utah,The American West,To be continued on the next page.,Utah Lake,Wyoming,Yellow Stone,The Pacific Coast state
4、s: This division includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington and, as its name suggests, they all have coastlines on the Pacific Ocean (and are the only states that border that ocean) according to the United States Census Bureaus definition of West Region.,The American West,To be conti
5、nued on the next page.,The American West,To be continued on the next page.,Alaska,Hawaii,The American West,To be continued on the next page.,California,Oregon,Washington State,Frontier Spirit and Expansion towards the West,The American West,To be continued on the next page.,This spirit has shaped Am
6、erican history in a unique way. The frontier spirit that existed in the 19th century was born in part of a need to own land. And the government then encouraged the white to exploit the West. This mentality and historical experience is favored by most Americans today as adventurous, active, and enter
7、prising.,.,The American West,To be continued on the next page.,In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson sent a secret message to Congress calling for an expedition into the area west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. From then on the white Americans spared no effort to exploit the West; durin
8、g this course, the West was developed but the native Americans suffered extremely especially in the 19th century.,Frontier Spirit and Expansion towards the West,The American West,To be continued on the next page.,The Americans were a competitive, ambitious, upwardly mobile people who had a strong se
9、nse of self-reliance. The conquering of an environment by an individual was a mark of success. Fear of unknown places was unacceptable and a hindrance to movement. These traits, first formulated in western expansion, persist today with the slightest modifications.,Frontier Spirit and Expansion towar
10、ds the West,Violence in the 19th Century,The American West,The end of the American Wes.t,In the 19th century, the settlers in the west were most very tough and imprudent. The way they settled conflicts with each other was very violent as then there were no adequate system of law and governmental institutions to turn to. And gunfighters were common. To be able to handle guns seemed to be a basic survival skill under the circumstances.,Part Two,Background Information,This is the end of Part Two. Please click HOME to visit other parts.,