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Native American Resistance
Zachary Deibel
Library Binding (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)Describes the United States government's efforts to remove Native Americans from their land and drive them west to allow white settlement, the breaking of treaties, and the ways in which Native Americans resisted being forced out.
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Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War
Zachary Deibel
Library Binding (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)Discusses the origins of manifest destiny, its manifestation in the Mexican-American War, new opportunities for expansion following the war, and its legacy.
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Homesteading and Settling the Frontier
Alison Morretta
Library Binding (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)The Homestead Act was passed in 1862, when states that had seceded from the Union could no longer block it in congress. The act opened land in the west for all Americans, including freed slaves, granting 160 acres to settlers under the condition that they farm it for five years. The result was that 1.6 million claims, covering 420,000 square miles, were granted, making residents of millions of people in the land west of the Mississippi River.
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The Gold Rush
Kate Shoup
Library Binding (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)Discusses the origins of the California gold rush, its rapid expansion, the mass migration it spawned, and its legacy.
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The Transcontinental Railroad
Budd Bailey
Library Binding (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)Describes the efforts of railroad companies to expand across the United States, their strategies, the obstacles they faced, and the ways in which their success changed American society.
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Primary Sources of Westward Expansion Set
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Library Binding (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)None
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Lewis and Clark and Exploring the Louisiana Purchase
Alicia Z. Klepeis
Library Binding (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)Discusses Thomas Jefferson's acquisition of a massive piece of land from the French to add to the United States, the expedition to explore the new territory, the obstacles they encountered, and the results of the expedition.