American westward expansion

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_westward_expansion

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Westward_Expansion gptkb:Manifest_Destiny
gptkbp:endDate	1890
gptkbp:followedBy	closing of the American frontier
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	American westward expansion
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Manifest_Destiny_ideology population growth search for resources technological advances
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Andrew_Jackson gptkb:Brigham_Young gptkb:Geronimo gptkb:James_K._Polk gptkb:Lewis_and_Clark gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Buffalo_Bill_Cody gptkb:John_C._Frémont gptkb:Sacagawea gptkb:Chief_Joseph gptkb:Davy_Crockett gptkb:Sitting_Bull gptkb:Kit_Carson
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Rocky_Mountains gptkb:Indian_Wars gptkb:Santa_Fe_Trail gptkb:California_Trail gptkb:Great_Plains gptkb:Pacific_Coast gptkb:Pony_Express gptkb:Gold_Rushes reservation system cowboys frontier life Buffalo extermination wagon trains settler colonialism Mormon migration land rushes
gptkbp:resultedIn	economic growth expansion of slavery creation of new states environmental changes displacement of Native Americans
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:California_Gold_Rush gptkb:Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition gptkb:Oregon_Trail gptkb:Homestead_Act gptkb:Mexican-American_War gptkb:Texas_Annexation gptkb:Transcontinental_Railroad gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act gptkb:Trail_of_Tears
gptkbp:startDate	1803
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Donner_Party_tragedy gptkb:Old_Spanish_Trail_(historic_route) gptkb:The_Journals_of_Lewis_and_Clark gptkb:Astoria_expedition
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7