Expansion: opportunities and challenges
1. The Wild West?
2. The Geography of North America in 1840
3. Manifest Destiny, Frontier & US Expansion
4. The Indigenous Nations
5. The Sioux - Govt & Warfare
6. The Sioux - Values & Beliefs
7. The Sioux - Lifestyle
8. Why did white Americans Hate the Indigenous Peoples?
9. Going West in the 1840s - Why?
10. Going West in the 1840s - The Journey
11. Going West in the 1840s - The 1849 Gold Rush
Consolidation
12. The Mormons - The Mormons Move West
13. The Mormons - At Salt Lake
14. The Mormons - Interpretations
15. Cattleman and Cowboys
16. Homesteaders - Why they went West
17. Homesteaders - Problems & 'Solutions'
18. Homesteaders - Interpretations
19. Law(lessness) and (lack of) Order
Conflict
20. Conflict with the Indigenous Nations - Overview
21. Conflict with the Indigenous Nations - Causes
22. Conflict with the Indigenous Nations - Events
23. The Wild West - Interpretations
24. Civil War - Causes
25. Civil War - Political & Economic Results
The following links will help you widen your knowledge:
Brief Overview - from Edumentors
YouTube
Crash Course US History - episode #24 is an interesting and lively introduction