Many Americans packed few belongings and headed west during the middle to the late nineteenth century. It was during this time period that the idea of manifest destiny became rooted in American customs and ideals. Manifest Destiny is the idea that supported and justified expansionist policies, it...
Some Native American groups remained too powerful to remove. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, the Comanche rose to power in the Southern Plains region of what is now the southwestern United States. By quickly adapting to the horse culture first introduced by the Spanish, the Comanche tra...
Manifest Destiny: Settlement of the American West Soule and others saw the West as a wild place that could be tamed by resourceful American settlers. ... With such a large shift, stories and myths about the settlement of the West became a lasting part of American culture. ... Cody and ...