Bibliograph

Issues of westward expansion, Mitchel Roth

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Issues of westward expansion, Mitchel Roth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Issues of westward expansion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

48613200

Responsibility statement

Mitchel Roth

Series statement

Major issues in American history,, 1535-3192

Summary

Speeches, letters, editorials, and first-person accounts provide different views on the issues of Western expansion, including Lewis and Clark's expedition, the Homestead Act, and the Battle of Little Big Horn

Table Of Contents

Lewis and Clark and the Louisiana Purchase: government-sponsored expeditions to western lands -- Indian removal, 1803-1839 -- Manifest Destiny, Texas annexation, and the war with Mexico: sowing the seeds of sectional conflict -- The Mormon settlement of the west -- The Homestead Act: the dispersal of western lands -- Building the transcontinental railroad -- The Sand Creek Massacre -- The Battle of the Little Big Horn: the end of the Plains Indian Wars and a way of life -- The creation of Yellowstone National Park: preserving the natural west -- Chinese exclusion: race relations in California -- Wounded Knee, 1890 -- The Dust Bowl: transition on the farming frontier

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