territorial expansion

Examines the exploration and migration of trappers, missionaries, and explorers west of the Mississippi after the Louisiana Purchase and the expedition of Lewis and Clark.

Describes the history of American westward expansion, including the exploration of the frontier to the Pacific Ocean, the establishment of the Lone Star State and the Mormon kingdom of Deseret, Manifest Destiny, the California gold rush, the population of the plains, and the legacy of the American frontier.

A graphic adaptation of Howard Zinn's revisionist history of the United States, chronicling events from 1492 to the War on Terror from the perspective of African-Americans, women, Native Americans, and poor laborers of all nationalities, who have been politically and economically exploited.

Uses primary sources to explore controversial issues surrounding the settling of the American frontier.

Learn about events and historical figures relevant to the westward expansion. Find out how the Louisiana Purchase and the Gold Rush encouraged the exploration and settlement of the U.S. frontier and the relationship between settlers and the Native American population. Features reenactments, journal entries, and historic imagery.

Explains the events that led Napoleon Bonaparte to sell the Louisiana Territory and the difficulties that Thomas Jefferson had in making the purchase that doubled the size of the United States.

Draws upon the role of ideologies in group psychology to argue that Adolf Hitler was not a moral aberration but rather one of many Germans who shared the same worldview, part of a common German culture strongly shaped by the outcome of the First World War.

Presents a short study of how the United States came to acquire the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.

Explores the nature of the white settlers of the Western frontier borderlands during the Revolutionary War era, arguing that the battles waged between whites and Native Americans played a key role in the quest for independence, but also set the stage for an ongoing tradition of racial intolerance in the U.S.

Explores the history of the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.