Westward Expansion Essay Examples

In 1815 Napoleon’s loss at Waterloo began a series of economic and political turmoil that negatively impacted the lives of workers and impacted national income. This along with the emergence of new states and westward expansion arose the topic of suffrage and whether it should be universal or reserved for land-owners. In New York, 1821…

This school year we learned about the Westward Expansion, and the journeys Pioneers took 200 years ago. The Butterfield Overland was a trail to deliver mail from St. Louis to San Francisco. This trail was in use between 1858 – 1861. One reason this trail was made was to connect the middle of the country…

The westward expansion was one of the greatest expansion in the history of the United States. One of the factors that influenced the westward expansion was the purchase of Louisiana, which made it possible for American citizens to migrate to the west. The increasing population of the United States was also crucial in advancing to…

Every human being has a trait of “you can never have enough” it’s kind of like making money you can never get enough. The United States most certainly had that thought in 1840s when manifest destiny inspired western expansion in the United States of America. The United States of America eventually pushed westward and challenged Mexico…

In this analytical essay, a student reviews different articles from two colonial era newspapers: Publick Occurrences and the Boston Gazette. The student discusses how the articles address the topics of conflicts, disease, and westward expansion. Small Pox: An Untold Battle The Early Colonial Era spans from 1690 to 1729, and in this time many things…

The Transcontinental Railroad had the greatest impact on the Industrial Revolution because it had created jobs for immigrants, made shipping efficient and cheaper, and greatly increased westward expansion. It was safe and it paved the way for modern day transportation. The Transcontinental Railroad had helped immigrants and the poor maintain jobs working for them, none…

American Progress is an oil painting made by Prussian-born American painter John Gast in 1872, during the later stages of the Westward Expansion in the United States of America. The painting as a whole represents America and its Westward Expansion during these times, with many of the objects in the painting, as well as many…

In 1848, San Francisco only had about a thousand residents, and Californian had only newly become a U.S. territory at the close of the Mexican-American War. But two years later, San Francisco had 30 thousand residents, mainly young men who had come from all over the world, making the city perhaps the most culturally-diverse place…

American Progress, chromolithograph print, c. 1873 American Progress, chromolithograph print, c. 1873, after an 1872 painting of the same title by John Gast. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital id: ppmsca 09855) Manifest Destiny is simple defined as the United States’ need for territorial expansion to the westward Pacific. The picture that is being analyzed represents Columbia and movement…