Westward Expansion

Manifest destiny

"Fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions."

- John O'Sullivan

Manifest destiny is to take land and resources from others because God said that we could. Manifest destiny was one of the main reasons that we took land from the Cherokee and took them away from their homes.

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Lewis & Clark

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~If you don't find what you want, don't get mad. Think of what you've gained instead of what you didn't.

Wisdom
Female roles
Will to survive
Quest for power

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When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark headed down West with the Corps of discovery, they didn't find exactly what they wanted. They wanted to find a waterway that lead directly into the Pacific Ocean. But they found out that was not a thing. But the trip wasn't a total failure. They explored all of the new land that Thomas Jefferson bought with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. And that could be a valuable thing to have had explored in the future.

Trail Of Tears

~Don't change people and be mean. Accept their differences and be kind.

-Boundaries
-Displacement
-Change VS tradition
-Man against nature

Here is a picture of where the Trail Of Tears routes were. The blue is the water route, and the dotted trail is the land trails.

In the 1830s, the US marched 16,000 Cherokee away from their homes. They lost 4,000 Cherokee from death. The Cherokee were the last tribe to be forced out of the southeastern US. This was so wrong of us and it should never happen again. Accept peoples differences even if they're different.

Oregon Trail

~Don’t give up, but know your limits when you need to rest or stop.


Self-reliance
Will to survive
Quest for discovery

When they were on the Oregon Trail, they had to be adventurous, safe, and they had to rely on mostly themselves as the tools because they didn't have technology to navigate them. And when I say "Don't give up, but know your limits when you need to rest or stop.", it's really important to know and have those because you need to listen to yourself when you need to stop. Especially for them because the trail was 2,000 miles long and took an average of 6 months to cross.

Vermont in the 1800s

~Don't take for granted what a beautiful world you have.

-Man against nature
-Power of wealth
-Nature as beauty