Westward Expansion
The Westward Expansion collection focuses on the events from 1800 to 1900 in what would become the American West. Students experience a region and time period marked by conflict, controversy, and adventure. The collection covers such topics as the Transcontinental Railroad, Chinese immigration, the Gold Rush, cowboys, buffalo soldiers, Black pioneers, Native American resistance, the Mexican-American War, missions, the Pony Express, and slavery.
Westward movement, Definition, History, Outcome, & Facts
Westward Expansion: Encounters at a Cultural Crossroads, Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
Why It Matters: Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion - Timeline, Events & Facts
New Book links U.S. Westward Expansion with Overseas Empire
What is Westward Expansion? – National Geographic Education Blog
Grade 8: What's Connecticut's Role in Westward Expansion? - Connecticut Explored
Museum of Westward Expansion, Saint Louis
Westward Expansion (1801-1861) The American Experience in the Classroom
The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Westward Expansion - The Clever Teacher
Westward Expansion: How the West was Won?
From the Louisiana Purchase to the Oregon Trail: America's
