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The Expansion’s Spirit Among American Settlers Even with the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, an ambitious achievement was in the mind of the write settlers and the government of the United States, which was to expand the American territory and gain power over the new lands. First, the expansion’s spirit motivated adventurous white settlers to explore and claiming the western lands. Daniel Boone was the first explorer of the trans-Appalachian territory, and stablished…

Fairytales, Femininity and Film: Feminine Ideals in American and Japanese Children’s Animation The nature of social expectations evident in children’s animated films is compelling. Socialization structures, values, morals, spirituality, gender expectations, and national culture and identity are all expressed through animated media and marketed toward children. Animation is more than entertainment, it is a major means by which children assimilate culture. Film is one of the most useful sets of…

“Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East have poured their surplus populations”. Josiah Strong was the man who said this. And even though he was talking about other countries expanding westward, this quote can be applied to the United States during its expansion to the west. In the early 1800s much of the United States had yet to be discovered. Many people, including Mountain Men, Miners…

Settlement West David Taylor The American west was, in a word, opportunity. The discovery of gold in the mountains of Colorado and Northern California made it possible for ordinary people to strike it rich. The availability of new, free land, gave families the opportunity to leave the cities of the west and start new lives as farmers and ranchers. In an 1867 article in the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley explained to the unemployed of New York: “If you strike off into the broad, free West, and…

In the 1940’s Hollywood established a style of filmmaking that would institute an artistic movement. French film critic Nino Frank established the term “Film Noir”, also defined as a black film. These black films characterize as a style of filmmaking and genre that contains several elements such as crime, mystery, thriller, menace, and fatalism; these particular films are set in the era of crime and war. The dark tones and setting of the films attracted a wide number of audience, film Noir’s…

Westward expansion involved the removal of the Indians from their land and the migration west of settlers. The strongest supporters of these events include John Sullivan - author of "Manifest Destiny", Andrew Jackson - author of "On Indian Removal", and Robert Frost - author of "The Gift Outright". The expansion happened so rapidly that the Indians opinions were never taken into consideration. John L. Sullivan believed that America was destined for greatness and had a fixed destiny. Our…

The American West by Stephen Aron discusses the author’s research on America’s history and expansion into the western part of the United States. After Columbus discovered what he viewed as a new world in 1492, explorers began to venture into the country. These first explorers had the intention of looking for resources, but as time went by they started to settle permanently. Colonies in the eastern United States became established and the growing country faced mounting pressures to start…

What was the westward expansion? Why did the westward expansion happen? Well, there is, not one answer when we expanded westward, but multiple answers. We expanded westward for reasons like gaining more land and take control of the Native Americans. But the two major causes of westward expansion were to gain jobs and explore the land. One cause of westward expansion was to expand the Americas by gaining more land. Evidence shows in document 6 that millions of acres in Nebraska and Iowa…

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” This was once said by Walt Disney; I connected this to how the unknown land of the west lead people to want to explore. Humans are curious and hate not knowing what they could find out. The westward expansion was promoted in various ways by the federal government in the 1800s. Moving west brought railroads, new cities, gold mines, new farmland, and more…

Identity and labels are a big part of society and defining who each other are, but what happens when a label consumes someone's identity? Andy is in a gang called the Royals and the Royals have a rivalry with another gang named the Guardians. One night Andy leaves a party to buy a pack of cigarettes and on the trip to the corner store Andy gets stabbed by a member of the guardians. In the short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter, the protagonist, Andy, demonstrates the theme don't…