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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

What did the canal do for women?

  1. Load Travel journal of Clarissa Burroughs, 1835 in Main Document Viewer
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  11. Load Watercolor sketch, c. 1890, by E.L. Henry, of a girl driving mules on the Delaware and Hudson Canal in Main Document Viewer

Suggested Teaching Instructions

 

Driven by political and economic motives, the United States expanded its physical boundaries to the Pacific Ocean between 1800 and 1860. This settlement displaced Native Americans as the frontier was pushed westward. Westward expansion provided opportunities for some groups while harming others.

Students will examine the ways westward movement affected the lives of women and African Americans.