Unit 2: Westward Expansion 9.25.18

Color & label your map

What is this a map of?

Unit 2: Westward Expansion Essential Question: How did Americans justify Westward Expansion?

Definition Manifest Destiny manifest: clear or obvious destiny: fate Manifest Destiny: the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable

“American Progress” Painted in 1873 by John Gast. What do you see in this painting? Who is the woman? What does she represent?

Source #2: John Melish Map, 1816 Melish could have drawn a map of just the American territory, but instead he drew the entire continent. Why do you think he did this?

Source #2: Melish Map To present the country this way was desirable . . . …shows at a glance the whole extent of the U.S. territory from sea to sea In tracing the probable expansion of the human race from east to west, the mind finds an agreeable resting place on its western limits. The view is complete, and leaves nothing to be wished for. It also adds to the beauty and symmetry of the map. Source: John Melish. Map of the United States with the contiguous British and Spanish Possessions. Philadelphia, 1816. Period 1 (review), Period 5