Manifest Destiny

Now that we discussed women's right a little and the child labor issues of the early industrial revolution in the 19th century, we are going to be discussing the manifest destiny and the westward expansion in our country during this same time period.

http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/prelude/manifest_destiny_overview.html - this is all the beginning of the civil war in our country. We discussed slavery and how it divided our country, westward expansion had something to do with that.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=311

http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/hstryidx.htm - westward expansion