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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...
What were three motivations for westward expansion? There are gold rushes and mining opportunities (silver in Nevada) Cowboy jobs are available, as well as faster travel to the West because of ...
In 1828, when Andrew Jackson was elected president, he promised to expand the United States westward. His justification for expansion seemed to him self-evident, for "What good man would prefer a ...
Settlers on the Great Plains during the 19th century had one indirect enemy for whom they were in no way prepared: the ...
The newly opened Homestead Folk Art Museum is a celebration ... He documented his discoveries of new plants during the westward expansion of the United States, engraving them on limestone for ...
In 1828, when Andrew Jackson was elected president, he promised to expand the United States westward. His justification for expansion seemed to him self-evident, for "What good man would prefer a ...