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    it‚ which was stepping on other people to get there. Westward expansion was the greatest method to achieve the grouping of the natural resources found and use them as needed. To gain access to the western part of the country the white settlers had to pass through the Native Americans. While pushing westward the white culture clashed with the plain indians and their culture. As a result of this clash bloody battles surged and the white settlers were victorious and the government restricted the Native

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    The “Great Leap Westward” refers to the settlement of Tennessee‚ but it was more like the great journey over mountains‚ surviving Indian territory and an expedition down the river in hopes of building a new life. As the first settlers moved west from Virginia and North Carolina‚ they faced more struggles than just a leap westward. The men‚ women and children that survived definitely had a reason to make Tennessee the best place to live. Once they faced and overcame these obstacles the state of Tennessee

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    At the end of World War II in 1945‚ Australia was recovering from major loss of manpower‚ due to the death toll from the war. The Australian Government needed a way to repopulate the country so they formulated the plan “Populate or Perish”. This was a plan to get British and other European migrants into the country to help repopulate. Both the Australian and British governments started to assist the British in migrating to Australia to strength the economy. Migrants from Britain were preferable to

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    Why did people want to go west. Many settlers and pioneers wanted to move west. Because they thought that moving west would “fresh start. They Also wanted to buy and own land. Some pioneers wanted to try new thing such as farming and gold mining.”But all this started because of the louisiana purchase in 1803. “France and Spain were both negotiating for ownership of the Louisiana territory.” Everyone wanted the louisiana territory. Because there was lots of land and lots of things that people could

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    The two lessons that I picked from the Smithsonian History Explorer are called “Was It Destiny to Move West?” and “Is the President the Most Important Person in Government?” (Smithsonian). Both lessons adhere to the C3 Framework standard promoted by the website. Based on this framework‚ the Behaviorism concept of teaching is applied to both lessons. According to Surgenor‚ “The concept of reinforcement (of something positive following an event to increase its likelihood of occurring again) is evident

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    At the turn of the century in the year 1800‚ the Industrial Revolution was gaining speed in the United States. The American factory system was launched in to production after new methods of mass producing goods and and the idea of interchangeable parts were introduced. Cotton production was at its peak in the South with the introduction of the cotton gin. In the North‚ the landscape did not allow farming to flourish like it did in the South‚ so the North was home to the majority of industry and production

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    Period:3/us history February 26‚ 2013 How did westward expansion transform the nation? In the early 1800’s‚ Americans pushed steadily westward‚ moving even beyond the territory of the United States. They traveled by canoe and flatboat‚ on horseback‚ and by wagon train. Some even walked much of the way. American merchant John Jacob Astor created one of the largest fur businesses‚ the American Fur Company. His company bought skins from western mountain men. These adventurers were some

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    Westward Expansion before 19th Century American history was powerfully influenced throughout the 19th century by the steady push west and the development of the Western frontier. This began of course with the establishment of the first English colonies beginning with Jamestown (1607). At the time the Western Frontier was just a few miles up the James River. Gradually the Western Frontier was seen as the Appalachian Mountains. The British effort to close off the land beyond the Appalachians was one

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    Nichole Galindez AMH 2010 American History 31 October 2012 Nichole Galindez AMH 2010 American History 31 October 2012 Westward Expansion of the United States To what extent is it accurate to claim that the ideal of manifest destiny was a motivating factor in the western expansions of the United States? The 1840s was a time of great territorial expansion during which the United States fought to annex Texas‚ acquire the Oregon territory‚ and conquer California and New Mexico from Mexico

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    Jefferson‚ westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent‚ virtuous citizenry for its survival‚ and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land ownership‚ especially the ownership of small farms. (“Those who labor in the earth‚” he wrote‚ “are the chosen people of God.”) In order to provide enough land to sustain this ideal population of virtuous yeomen‚ the United States would have to continue to expand.The westward expansion

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