History 111: U.S. History to 1877

Westward expansion

Westward expansion

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Artifact analysis worksheet (.docx)

Comparing/synthesizing artworks questions (.docx)

John Gast's American Progress. A woman in flowing gowns hovers over the plains, guiding Native peoples, pioneers, farmers, and trains as she strings telegraph wire.
John Gast, American Progress (1872). Autry National Center, via Wikimedia Commons.
In this painting, various migrants head west across a rocky, mountainous, and forested North American landscape.
Emanuel Leutze, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1862). Architect of the Capitol, via Flickr.
This painting depicts General George Washington in a crowded rowboat crossing an icy river. He is standing, and an American flag flies behind him.
Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). Metropolitan Museum of Art, via Wikipedia.
Rustic campsite on the edge of a lake or river. Rowboat with two small figures in the foreground.
Robert S. Duncanson, Landscape with Campsite (n.d., but mid-19th century, as Duncanson died in 1872). Smithsonian American Art Museum.