CONTESTING THE WEST
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CONTESTING THE WEST
1865–1900
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> What was most significant about American expansion after the Civil War? Chapter 17 explores the westward expansion of the United States in the late nineteenth century. It examines the impact of expansion on Native Americans, the role mining played in the creation of the American West, the cultural diversity of the West, and American settlement and exploitation of western lands.
Cliffs of the Upper Colorado. When artist Thomas Moran arrived in Wyoming Territory in 1871, these towering buttes were his first sight. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C./Art Resource, NY.