Articles related to "Westward Expansion"
America’s Westward Expansion
It began in the early 1840s, in a time when the east was filled with people and the west, with land. America's westward expansion was said to be our destiny. Was it?
• america's westward expansion • westward expansion • manifest destiny • oregon trail • oregon territory
It began in the early 1840s, in a time when the east was filled with people and the west, with land. America's westward expansion was said to be our destiny. Was it?
• america's westward expansion • westward expansion • manifest destiny • oregon trail • oregon territory
Indians and the Gold Rush
Following the discovery of gold in California the Indians experience a full measure of white westward expansion.
• california • westward expansion • native americans • american history • oregon
Following the discovery of gold in California the Indians experience a full measure of white westward expansion.
• california • westward expansion • native americans • american history • oregon
AN OPEN LETTER: December 1818
This is an open letter from Back East Settlements (B. E. Settlements) to Great American Plains (G. A. Plains), dated December 1818. This letter concerns the births, 1800-1818, of several men whose later lives had major effects on the development of the Great American Plains.
• john brown • william mcguffey • jim bridger • john deere • kit carson
This is an open letter from Back East Settlements (B. E. Settlements) to Great American Plains (G. A. Plains), dated December 1818. This letter concerns the births, 1800-1818, of several men whose later lives had major effects on the development of the Great American Plains.
• john brown • william mcguffey • jim bridger • john deere • kit carson
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
Due to the 1848 discovery of gold in California traffic along the Oregon and California Trails experienced a tremendous increase. The United States government now saw fit to attempt to move the Native Americans out of the way of white progress by means of a treaty.
• fort laramie treaty of 1851 • native americans • indians • sioux • california
Due to the 1848 discovery of gold in California traffic along the Oregon and California Trails experienced a tremendous increase. The United States government now saw fit to attempt to move the Native Americans out of the way of white progress by means of a treaty.
• fort laramie treaty of 1851 • native americans • indians • sioux • california
Shaping of America
David Meinig has published a four-volume series on the development of America. Meinig is a professor of geography at Maxwell School at Syracuse University in New York.
• david meinig • shaping of america • opening west • civil war geography • lewis clark opening west
David Meinig has published a four-volume series on the development of America. Meinig is a professor of geography at Maxwell School at Syracuse University in New York.
• david meinig • shaping of america • opening west • civil war geography • lewis clark opening west
They Headed West
America's Westward Expansion is triggered by Lewis and Clark and continued by mountain men, missionaries, and explorers. Gold is discovered in California.
• america’s westward expansion • lewis and clark • zebulon pike • california gold rush • exploring the pacific northwest
America's Westward Expansion is triggered by Lewis and Clark and continued by mountain men, missionaries, and explorers. Gold is discovered in California.
• america’s westward expansion • lewis and clark • zebulon pike • california gold rush • exploring the pacific northwest