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
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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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