AIM: How did Manifest Destiny motivate people to migrate West?
Do Now: Use the painting below to develop a definition of “Manifest Destiny.”
American Progress
By John Gast, 1872
1. When was the
painting
created?
2.
Which group of
people in the painting
does Manifest Destiny
seem to have the most
negative impact on?
3.
How does
progress move: east to
west or west to east ?
What does this suggest
to you about Manifest
Destiny?
4.
Where does progress push Native Americans?
5.
What is the woman holding in her hand? What does it symbolize?
6.
How could this image be interpreted as a timeline?
AIM: How did Manifest Destiny motivate people to migrate West?
Write Down the Rules for Document Analysis
Document 1
Pacific Railway Act--1862
An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to
the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and
Other Purposes.….Sec 2. …the United States shall extinguish as rapidly as may be the Indian
titles to all lands falling under this act…
1. Identify a turning point associated with the events or ideas found in this document and
explain why it is a turning point.
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Document 2
2. Identify the cartoonist’s
point of view towards
the building of the
Continental Railroad.
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AIM: How did Manifest Destiny motivate people to migrate West?
As we view the images keep, record the effects of Westward Expansion
Positive Effects
Negative Effects
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