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This painting (circa 1872) by John Gast called American Progress is an allegorical representation of Manifest Destiny. Here Columbia, a personification of the United States, leads civilization westward with American settlers, stringing telegraph wire as she travels and carrying a school book. The different economic activities of the pioneers are highlighted and, especially, the changing forms of transportation. The American Indians and wild animals flee. The Moving Frontier
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I. “The West” Settled in Stages
1. Hunters & trappers 2. Pioneers 3. Permanent Settlers a. Farmers b. European Immigrants Fur Trade Tidbits
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II. Land & Water Routes West
1. The National Road 2. The Wilderness Road 3. The Ohio River 4. The Mississippi River 5. The Missouri River
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III. Work & Recreation on the Frontier
1. Men a. Farm the fields -corn, soy, wheat -plow -seed -fertilize -irrigate -harvest 2. Women a. All other work -cook -sew & mend clothing -wash -care for livestock “A woman’s work is never done…”
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IV. Rise of New Cities 1. On waterways
2. People & products pass through 1. Cincinnati 2. Detroit 3. Chicago 4. St. Louis
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Questions Where was the “west” in the early 1800s?
Why did people move to the west in this era? What was life like on the frontier?
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