1. GIGLIOTTI WESTWARD EXPANSION PART I: THINKING WEST! PRESENTS:
A MULTI-MEDIA
SPECTACULAR
WESTWARD EXPANSION
PART I: THINKING WEST!

2. THINKING WEST “EUROPE STRETCHES TO THE ALLEGHENIES,
AMERICA LIVES BEYOND” (EMERSON)
“IN AMERICA, THERE IS MORE SPACE
WHERE NOBODY IS THAN WHERE
SOMEBODY IS” (STIEN)

3. THE WEST

4. MAP REVIEW 13 COLONIES TREATY OF PARIS (1783) LOUISIANA PURCHASE
(1803)
FLORIDA (1819)
OTHERS

5. BY 1850 – MOST PEOPLE IN THE WEST
ABOUT THE FRONTIER
AMERICANS WERE RESTLESS
PIONEERS – ROUGH EXISTANCE
BY 1850 – MOST PEOPLE IN THE WEST
WERE UNDER 30 YEARS OLD
INDIVIDUALISM & SELF SUFFICIENCY
OTHER FACTS

6. METHODS OF TRAVEL WAGON TRAILS 1-2 MILES PER HOUR 5-7 MONTHS $600/4
DANGEROUS

7. METHODS OF TRAVEL
CLIPPER SHIPS
5-6 MONTHS
$600 PER
PERSON

8. WHY GO WEST? 1. LAND FOR FARMING 2. MINERALS 3. COMMERCE
4. LAND SPECULATION
5. RELIGION (MORMONS)

9. THE DUTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SPREAD DEMOCRACY OVER THE
MANIFEST DESTINY
THE DUTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
TO SPREAD DEMOCRACY OVER THE
CONTINENT - MISSION