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America’s Westward Expansion and the Transformation of Agriculture

How the Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, canals, and steamboats transformed early American agriculture and opened fertile western lands to ...
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Manifest destinies : America's westward expansion and the road to the Civil War / Steven E. Woodworth

The two-party system -- The log cabin and hard cider campaign -- Tyler, Clay, and the durability of the two-party system -- Abolitionism -- Westward expansion -- The Oregon Trail -- The allure and the ...
University of Wyoming

UW Professor’s New Book Offers Fresh Economic and Data-Driven Insight into Westward Expansion

A groundbreaking new book co-written by Bryan Leonard, a University of Wyoming associate professor, blends economics with data-driven historical analysis and offers a trove of new insights into one of ...
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America 1844 : religious fervor, westward expansion, and the presidential election that transformed the nation / John Bicknell

Prologue: New Year's Day at the White House -- "This glorious hope" -- A prophet for president -- "Annexation and war...are identical" -- "Who the devil is Polk?" -- The missionary and the publicist - ...
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America’s expansion was about real estate deals, not conquest

Despite internet fantasies about the violent conquests of the "Manifest Destiny" era, the truth is that most of America’s growth came about by the checkbook rather than the sword. President Donald ...