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REVISIONING THE WEST

Explore the significance of westward expansion in American history, its role in shaping American exceptionalism, and its impact on the development of American democracy, self-reliance, and individualism.

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REVISIONING THE WEST

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  1. REVISIONING THE WEST

  2. The Legacy of Frederick Jackson Turner: “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” (1893) • Westward expansion as key to understanding patterns of American development, cornerstone of American exceptionalism • Frontier process turned Americans into Europeans, explained American character (pragmatism), nurtured American democracy. Frontier as wellspring of self-reliance, individualism, opportunity.

  3. Sacagawea

  4. The Feel Good Lewis and Clark

  5. California as Island

  6. The “Great American Desert”

  7. Diversity and Dynamism: The Problem with “Culture Areas” and “Language Families”

  8. John Gast, “American Progress” 1872

  9. William Jewett, The Promised Land, 1850

  10. Albert Bierstadt, Emigrants Crossing the Plains, 1867

  11. John Williamson, “Overland Route to Rocky Mountains” (1880)

  12. Thomas Moran, “Mountain of the Holy Cross,” 1875

  13. Andrew Melrose, “Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way,” 1867

  14. Charles Nahl, Miners in the Sierras, 1851-52

  15. Erneste E. Narjot, “Miners: A Moment at Rest (Gold Rush Camp),” 1882

  16. CONVERGENCE: Mixed Worlds and Mixed Peoples

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