Chronicles the colorful and frantic opening decades of western expansion in the United States, from the 1840s through the Civil War. As key technological advances like the telegraph brought the sprawling nation together, the conflict between Native Americans and whites increased.
TRC audience:
High School (9-12)
College/Adult
Middle School (6-8)
TRC subject:
Early Nineteenth Century (1800-1865)
Art of the West
Picturing America Resource
TRC format:
Audio-Visual