New Nation: Westward Expansion: How the West Became American

The story of the American West is the story of the meeting of French fur traders and a variety of Indian communities, of American settlers and soldiers and Mexican families, of black miners and Chinese laborers. The creation of the continental United States was made possible through the acquisition of vast tracts of land that were not, contrary to the opinions of many, simply an empty wilderness. Thus, the history of westward expansion is a history of accommodation and adaptation, of conquest and colonialism.

Westward Expansion: Encounters at a Cultural Crossroads, Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress

Western Expansion, the New South, and Industrial America, 1870–1890

Manifest Destiny and the West

Essential Questions: Westward Expansion

U.S. History, Go West Young Man! Westward Expansion, 1840-1900, The Westward Spirit

America's Manifest Destiny The American Experience in the Classroom

America's Manifest Destiny The American Experience in the Classroom

Manifest Destiny, Definition, Timeline & Impact - Lesson

Manifest Destiny and the West