Issues of Westward Expansion (Hardcover)

Series Foreword by Randall M. Miller Chronology of Events Introduction Lewis and Clark and the Louisiana Purchase: Government Sponsored Expeditions to Western Lands Indian Removal (1803-1839) Manifest Destiny, Texas Annexation, and the War with Mexico: Sowing the Seeds of Sectional Conflict The Mormon Settlement of the West The Homestead Act: The Dispersal of Western Lands Building the Transcontinental Railroad The Sand Creek Massacre Battle of the Little Big Horn: The End of the Plains Indian Wars and a Way of Life The Creation of Yellowstone National Park: Preserving the Natural West Chinese Exclusion: Race Relations in California Wounded Knee 1890 The Dust Bowl: Transition on the Farming Frontier Timeline Selected Bibliography Index