Enrichment Materials: Westward Expansion
These enrichment materials build upon concepts introduced in US History and Advanced US History courses. They incorporate and link perspectives from a wide array of peoples during this time period.
Interview with a Negro cowboy, Bones Hooks, from the period of westward expansion
Michael Blake, discussing his novel “Indian Yell: The Heart of American Insurgency”
A report of life in California’s American Indian territories
The story of a Japanese man who, after his ship was dismasted, was rescued by an American ship
The story of an American vagrant who travelled to the West
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Chinese merchants' complaints about discrimination, 1860
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"The Miner's Ten Commandments"
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Execution of 38 Sioux Indians at Markato, MN
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"Memorial of a Delegation of the Cherokee Nation of Indians"
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"The Negro" illustration in "The World of California"
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Diaries and letters from Westward Expansion
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"California As I Saw It," first-person narratives from the settlement of California
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"The Great Nation of Futurity"
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Narrative (PBS): African Americans and Westward Expansion
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