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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion is often spoken of as though it were one, single discrete event in American history. Instead, there were multiple incursions into the west as politics shifted, populations expanded, and economic conditions varied. Our settling the west was driven by greed, bravery, need, curiosity, and desperation; and, as such, it reflects our nation at its worst and its best. 
The Religious Origins of Manifest Destiny
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Manifest Destiny

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail
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Oregon Trail Game
Famous Pioneers

Frontier Legends and Mountain Men

Explorers, Trappers, & Traders

Mexico and American Expansion

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The Texas Revolution

The History of the Alamo
Mexican-American War
Interactive Timeline
History Guy: The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)
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The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

The Myth of the West

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Available via Netflix Streaming
  1. "The People" (to 1806)
  2. "Empire Upon the Trails" (1806–1848)
  3. Speck of the Future" (1848–1856)
  4. "Death Runs Riot" (1856–1868)
  5. "The Grandest Enterprise Under God" (1868–1874)
  6. "Fight No More Forever" (1874–1877)
  7. "The Geography of Hope" (1877–1887)
  8. "One Sky Above Us" (1887–1914)

Cowboys and Indians

 Native American Resistance in the Trans-Appalachian West
Sensationalistic images were often used to portray American Indians as violent savages. This image combined with the Native American response to broken treaties were used to justify the wars against them.
  • Treaty of Greenville, 1795
  • Tecumseh and the Battle of Tippacanoe ; Tecumseh Bio
  • Treaties between the US Government and American Indian Nations
  • Treaties and Acts and Their Consequences
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From a young age, most Americans learn about the Founding Fathers, but are told very little about equally important and influential Native diplomats and leaders of Indian Nations. Treaties lie at the heart of the relationship between Indian Nations and the United States -- Slide Show
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Mass grave at the Wounded Knee massacre. On 15 December 1890 Sitting Bull was shot & killed. On December 28, 1890, units of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry captured a group of Minneconjou Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. The next day, as the Indians surrendered their weapons, a shot rang out & the cavalry opened fire. At least 153 of the Sioux were killed (some estimate 300, out of about 350) - most of them women, children & unarmed men
The History of the Vaquero
The Ways of the Cowboy
Old West: Myth vs Reality
Ranchers, Cowboys, and Cattle

Gunslingers and Law Bringers

Wild West Outlaws and Lawmen

All That Glitters . . .

 Gold Rush of 1849
Boom Towns
Ghost Towns of Wyoming

The Homestead Act of 1862

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North Dakota Homeseader
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Homestead Act document

Exodusters

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Complete the attached activity
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Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
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Exodusters in St. Louis
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Nicodemus, Kansas
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  • General Homeschool Information
    • In the Middle
    • Bad Day Blues
    • Curriculum Reviews >
      • Real Science 4 Us
      • Game Based Math
      • Computer Programming
      • Grammar
  • Homeschool Helps
  • High School Hinterlands
    • Learning to Learn: Note Taking and Study Tips
    • Resources: Planners, Worksheets and More
    • Applying to College
    • Freshman Frolics
    • Sophomore Samba
    • Junior Jitterbuggin'
    • Semi Senior Shimmy
    • Final Fandango
  • Engaging Explorations and Basic Beginnings
    • Random Reading Resources
    • Magical Math
    • Book Report Sheets for Primary Grades
    • Sensational Second: April
    • Sensational Second: May
  • Sabbatical
    • Korean Festival
    • Fairy Festival
    • Farm Festival
    • Science Museum
    • Safari So Goodie
    • Walking in Memphis
    • Old Man River
    • Under the Harvest Moon
    • Past Life
  • American History from the Revolution to Reconstruction
    • Colonial Conflicts
    • Nation Building After the Revolution
    • Washington and the Federalists
    • Nationalism & Expansion: Jefferson, Monroe, Madison
    • The Age of Jackson
    • Cultural Change: Industrialization
    • Cultural Change: Westward Expansion
    • Cultural Change: The Railroad and Immigration
    • Cultural Change: Women's Suffrage
    • Cultural Change: Slavery and Abolition
    • The Civil War
    • The Reconstruction
  • American History from the Reconstruction to the Present
    • Urbanization and Industrialization
    • The Gilded Age
    • Progressive Era Social Reform
    • Progressive Era Politics
    • World War I
  • Biology
    • Biology: Cells
    • Biology: Diffusion and Osmosis Links >
      • Diffusion and Osmosis Pages
    • Biology: Photosynthesis and Respiration
    • Biology: Heredity and Genetics
    • Biology: Transcription, Translation and Proteins (Oh My!)
    • Biology: Evolution and Genetic Change
    • Biology: The Organization of Life
    • Biology: Bacteria, Protists and Fungi
    • Biology: Plants
    • Biology: Animals
  • Anatomy
  • Botany
  • Wyoming Wisdom
    • Wyoming Wanderings
  • When You're Strange: 2e Adventures
    • When You're Strange
    • Uncshool Buffet
    • "The Socialization"
    • Impetus
  • Armadillos to Zorillas
  • Quintessential Journey