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Westward Movement, American
Manifest Destiny
post-Civil War U.S.
Americans and the environment
areas of settlement
cattle drives
colonial period
commemoration of the Westward Movement
diversity of United States geography
essay on the American fascination with Lewis and Clark
events encouraging westward expansion
government and politics
impact of tariffs on westward expansion
impact on boxing
language, development of American English
major migrations
map of Santa Fe Trail
Native American displacement
people associated with the Westward Movement
pictures
quotations
relief organization established to help pioneers
routes to the West
slavery
subject of art, film, literature
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny, jingoistic tenet holding that territorial expansion of the United States is not only inevitable but divinely ordained. The phrase...
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