2.11                                      Wild Wild West

 

Part 1 : Going West

 

a)   A famous expression: Manifest Destiny

 

In 1845 John O’Sullivan wrote it was “our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions”

 

Explain the verb overspread:

 

According to O’Sullivan, who gave the USA the right to “overspread the continent” ?

 

 


b)   John Gast, American Progress, 1872

 American Progress (John Gast painting).jpg

Describe and explain this painting. What does it symbolise?

 

 c) Find a definition of the FRONTIER.

 

 

d) Lewis and Clark:  browse the web to find who these two men were and what they did.

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