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Study Aid: National Expansion

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

National Expansion Free States Slave States Connecticut Delaware Massachusetts Georgia New Hampshire Maryland New Jersey North Carolina New York South Carolina Pennsylvania Virginia Rhode Island Kentucky (1792) Vermont (1791)...

Collection Landing Page

Expansion & Reform, 1800-1860

Expansion & Reform, 1800-1860 The conflict over slavery, the growth of federal power, and the territorial expansion of the United States figure prominently in the Collection. Thousands of letters, documents, broadsides, and...

Lesson Plan

Westward Migration: Opportunities and Dangers

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Click here to download this four-lesson unit.

Collection Item

Manuscript document

1685/09/15

Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715

Proposition to the westward Indians

The document discusses a peace settlement that the westward Indians made with the 5 Nations, and why they should have consulted the Governor of New York before making this settlement. It is also asked that they continue to observe the peaceful...

GLC03107.01948

Lesson Plan

Rural America: The Westward Movement

Geography

7, 8

Unit Objective This unit is part of Gilder Lehrman’s series of Common Core State Standards–based teaching resources. These units were developed to enable students to understand, summarize, and analyze original texts of historical...