Westward Expansion: Encounters at a Cultural Crossroads

In the 19th century, the United States expanded the territory westward at an astonishing rate and continued conflict, national growth, and cultural exchanges within the transitional continent.

This episode file can be used to help students explore west expansion of America and America.

Students can imagine that they are colonists from the east or the midwest

A letter using a new home Prairie settlement: Nebraska pictures and family letters, 1862-1912

The models can be written at home to describe the person they encounter and the place drawn for that person.

Creators then may find images or images of representative files in the library's digital collection.

The American memory collection document provides evidence of conflict between cultural groups

We meet in the western United States. Challenge students to find evidence of conflict and prejudice

Documentation of this main source set. Can they still find evidence of cooperation and acceptance? distribution

1820 's: Currently, the sovereign country America is beginning to expand to the west. The pioneers pushed Minnesota to the west. Aboriginal culture in the Mississippi Valley is being destroyed, at which time the newspaper exacerbated the public opinion that the Indians are ongoing danger. With no legal protection, their treaties were ignored and the Indians were forced to go to the west and were massacred under the signs of resistance. Today: Native American is a minority ethnic group protected by law and belongs to a series of laws called "positive behavior". Native Americans are primarily restricted by Western settlements and are countries with the highest suicide rates, unemployment rates, and drug addiction among any ethnic group in the United States. More positively, the use of casinos in sovereign land is getting economic benefit, and Canada has offered the new sovereign region to local people.

In the social aspect, the expansion to the West destroyed the culture of Native American. Some tribes are trying to resist white aggression. The government's official policy is to expel indigenous peoples that led to a series of wars. These wars brought the killings of thousands of Native Americans. The expansion also expanded slavery. The period after the Civil War was the beginning of economic development and industrialization. The US Congress approved the development of a transcontinental railroad. Developing a railroad makes it easy to travel to the west. The railroad changed the cattle industry. A large meadow was developed at this time. Pioneers compete with locals looking for land. The government also encouraged them to occupy western land. This brought about the development of agriculture, pastures and farms. A series of mining activities began in western California

1/22/13 DBQ Essay In the 19th century the federal government promoted expansion to the west in various ways. This expansion in the United States had a major impact on the country. Expansion to the West brought railways, new cities, gold mines, new agricultural lands, more resources and more. The expansion of this country involves many positive factors, but there are also some bad factors. Americans began to believe that spreading their territory during North America is their fate. This belief is called Manifesto Destiny. One way for the federal government to act to expand the west is to purchase land. (File 1) An example is purchase of Louisiana. We purchased this land from France for $ 15 million. This is almost twice the size of the USA. Also, if there are places that do not sell land, we will be threatened by war. Mexican birth is an example. Pork suggested buying land from Mexico and they refused, so we answered the war. This war shows