Issues of westward expansion / Mitchel Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Mitchel P., 1953-

Series:

Major issues in American history 1535-3192

Major issues in American history, 1535-3192

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States.

Territorial expansion.

United States--Territorial expansion--Sources.

West (U.S.)--History.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--History--Sources.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxi, 292 pages : maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Contents:

2. Lewis and Clark and the Louisiana Purchase: Government-Sponsored Expeditions to Western Lands 19

3. Indian Removal, 1803-1839 37

4. Manifest Destiny, Texas Annexation, and the War with Mexico: Sowing the Seeds of Sectional Conflict 59

5. The Mormon Settlement of the West 79

6. The Homestead Act: The Dispersal of Western Lands 101

7. Building the Transcontinental Railroad 123

8. The Sand Creek Massacre 143

9. The Battle of the Little Big Horn: The End of the Plains Indian Wars and a Way of Life 167

10. The Creation of Yellowstone National Park: Preserving the Natural West 191

11. Chinese Exclusion: Race Relations in California 213

12. Wounded Knee, 1890 239

13. The Dust Bowl: Transition on the Farming Frontier 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-286) and index.

ISBN:

0313311676

OCLC:

48613200