American Expansionism surveys the history of US territorial expansion from the end of the American Revolution until the beginning of the American Civil War in 1860. Besides foreign expansion such as the Louisiana Purchase and the acquisition of the lands of the Mexican cession, the book also covers the internal expansion as American settlers moved west. Issues covered include: the definition of the US-Canada border and the border between US territory and Spanish territory in the Southwes; U.S. government land sales policy; and the government's policy of removing the Indians from the eastern...
American Expansionism surveys the history of US territorial expansion from the end of the American Revolution until the beginning of the American Civi...
