Westward Expansion

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Westward Expansion
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Table of Contents

• Manifest Destiny

• The Gold Rush

• Frontier Life

• Native Americans

• The Myth of the West

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Manifest Destiny

• Expansion to the Pacific
• Seen as obvious and inevitable
• Not necessarily a religious idea
• Spread of democracy and European-American
  lifestyle
• Exterminate or convert Native Americans
• Tame the western landscape

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Manifest Destiny
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• What do you think the woman in this picture
  represents?

• What is she doing?

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• What are these people doing, and why do you think
  they are in the picture?

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• What does this part of the picture show?
• What is its significance?

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• Who else is being forced westward?
• What is happening here?

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• Why do you think this bear was included in this
  part of the picture?

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• Can you tell what is going on here?