The Schlager Anthology of Westward Expansion
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The Schlager Anthology of Westward Expansion offers a modern, original sourcebook covering a pivotal era in U.S. history. From the creators and publishers of Milestone Documents in American History, this new title is built on the principles of inclusivity and accessibility. While presenting the essential primary sources from the period, covering the seeds of the manifest destiny ideology to the nation’s imperial ambitions, this anthology also emphasizes often-marginalized voices, including women, Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In addition, document texts are abridged to remain brief and accessible, even to struggling readers (including ESL students), while activity questions range in difficulty from basic to more advanced. Edited by Jennifer Koshatka Seman (Metropolitan State University of Denver) and featuring the contributions of numerous scholars, The Schlager Anthology of Westward Expansion covers 78 milestone sources from this period of American history.
The Schlager Anthology of Westward Expansion offers a modern, original sourcebook covering a pivotal era in U.S. history. From the creators and publishers of Milestone Documents in American History, this new title is built on the principles of inclusivity and accessibility. While presenting the essential primary sources from the period, covering the seeds of the manifest destiny ideology to the nation’s imperial ambitions, this anthology also emphasizes often-marginalized voices, including women, Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In addition, document texts are abridged to remain brief and accessible, even to struggling readers (including ESL students), while activity questions range in difficulty from basic to more advanced. Edited by Jennifer Koshatka Seman (Metropolitan State University of Denver) and featuring the contributions of numerous scholars, The Schlager Anthology of Westward Expansion covers 78 milestone sources from this period of American history.
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Readers Guide
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The destinies of nations and of men: Conquering the West
- John Winthrop: A Model of Christian Charity
- Saukamappee: Death Came Over Us All
- Jedidiah Morse: The American Geography
- Western Confederacy: Message to the Commissioners of the United States
- Thomas Jefferson: Second Inaugural Address
- Tecumseh: Address to General William Henry Harrison at Vincennes, Indiana Territory
- Tecumseh: Speech to the Osage
- Cherokee Women Address Their Nation
- Manuel de Mier y Tern: Letter to the Pueblo Viejo Minister of War
- Benjamin Lundy: Conditions for African Americans in Mexican Texas
- Andrew Jackson: To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians
- Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna: Message to the Inhabitants of Texas
- Stephen F. Austin: Address in Louisville, Kentucky, March 7, 1836
- Juan Nepomuceno Segun: A Tejano Leader Calls for Support of the Texas Revolution
- John Ross: Letter to Congress
- Juan Nepomuceno Segun: Personal Memoirs of John N. Seguin
- James K. Polk: Inaugural Address
- Frederick Douglass: The War with Mexico
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- U.S. General Land Office Map of the United States
- Oregon Exclusion Law
- The Other Side; or, Notes for the History of the War between Mexico and the United States
- Chapter 2: From hill to hill and from valley to valley: Remaking the West
- Joseph Blaney Starkweather: African Americans Working at Spanish Flat, California Gold Mine
- Song of Gold Mountain
- Mason v. Smith
- Pun Chi: A Chinese Merchant Petitions Congress to Address Anti-Chinese Abuse
- Homestead Act
- Joseph Cramer: Letter to Major Ed Wynkoop about the Sand Creek Massacre
- George Bent and Magpie
- Frederick Douglass: Our Composite Nationality
- John Gast: American Progress
- Exodusters: African American Homesteaders
- Ho for Kansas Exoduster Flyer
- Chief Joseph: An Indians View of Indian Affairs
- John Nicholas Choate: Before and After
- Thomas Nast: Every Dog (No Distinction of His Color) Has His Day
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins: Life among the Piutes
- Charles Siringo: A Texas Cow Boy
- Ely Parker: Letter to Harriet Maxwell Converse about Indian Policy Reform
- The Chrisman Sisters Outside Their Nebraska Sod House in 1886
- Dawes Severalty Act
- John Muir: The Treasures of the Yosemite
- The National Boundary Line at Nogales
- William T. Selwyn and Kuwapi: It Is the New Messiah
- Wounded Knee Massacre: Statements and Eyewitness Accounts
- Richard H. Pratt: Kill the Indian, and Save the Man
- Frederick Jackson Turner: The Significance of the Frontier in American History
- Two Moons: A Cheyenne Description of the Battle of the Little Bighorn River
- Kimiko Ono: Working in the Fields and the Home
- John Muir: The American Forests
- Charles Eastman: Indian Boyhood
- American Antiquities Act
- Little Bear: Account of the Sand Creek Massacre
- Los Padrinos en los Funerales de Don Pedrito
- Elinore Pruitt Stewart: Letters of a Woman Homesteader
- Indian Land for Sale Poster
- Chapter 3: Invasion of progressprogress of invasion: Extending Conquest Overseas
- Grover Cleveland: Message to Congress on Hawaiian Sovereignty
- William McKinley: Message to Congress about Cuban Intervention
- William McKinley: Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation
- Clara Barton: The Red Cross in Peace and War
- Louis Dalrymple: School Begins
- Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League
- William McKinley: Home Market Club Speech
- William McKinley: Statement to the General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Henry Cabot Lodge: Speech on the Retention of the Philippine Islands
- Emil Flohri: And, After All, the Philippines Are Only the Stepping-Stone to China
- William McKinley: Last Speech
- Jos Mara Vargas Vila: Facing the Barbarians
- Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
- Do not get lost on this new trail: Remembering and Representing the West
- Ulysses S. Grant: Memoir on the Mexican War
- Sacagawea Monument, Washington Park, Portland, Oregon
- Death of Custer
- Charles Eastman: From the Deep Woods to Civilization
- Zitkala-a: The Cutting of My Long Hair
- Luther Standing Bear: The Plains Were Covered with Dead Bison
- Nicholas Black Elk: The Butchering at Wounded Knee
- List of Documents by Category
- Index