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The American Civil War led to the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865 and the eventual readmission of the states to the United States Congress. The cultural endeavor and pursuit of manifest destiny provided a strong impetus for westward expansion in the 19th century.
The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the ...
Mit der Westexpansion der weißen Siedler, die mit der Verdrängung der indianischen Urbevölkerung einher ging, wurden immer neue Territorien als Bundesstaaten in die Union aufgenommen. Durch ihr Eingreifen in den Ersten und den Zweiten Weltkrieg stiegen die Vereinigten Staaten zur Supermacht auf.
The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term the West changed.
Der Begriff stammt aus der Zeit der Expansion der Vereinigten Staaten in Richtung Westen. Ungefähr bis 1800 wurde der Kamm der Appalachen als Westgrenze der USA angesehen. Diese Grenze verlagerte sich danach zunehmend nach Westen und schließlich wurden die Gebiete westlich des Mississippi als Westen betrachtet.
15. Dez. 2009 · The westward expansion of the United States is one of the defining themes of 19th-century American history, but it is not just the story of Jefferson’s expanding “empire of liberty.”
Westward movement, the populating by Europeans of the land within the continental boundaries of the mainland United States, a process that began shortly after the first colonial settlements were established along the Atlantic coast. Read more about its history and outcome.
