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G7: Westward Expansion: Home

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About the Image

"Manifest Destiny", 1872. Print shows an allegorical female figure of America leading pioneers westward, as they travel on foot, in a stagecoach, conestoga wagon, and by railroads, where they encounter Native Americans and herds of bison.

What does the image reveal about Western attitudes towards land and progress?  What's left out?

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