Westward Expansion

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Westward_Movement
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:Manifest_Destiny
gptkbp:effect	economic growth expansion of slavery environmental changes displacement of Native Americans conflicts with Mexico growth of new states
gptkbp:endDate	1890
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:Pioneer gptkb:Rocky_Mountains gptkb:Gadsden_Purchase gptkb:settlement gptkb:Forty-Niners gptkb:American_Old_West gptkb:Gold_Rush gptkb:Indian_Wars gptkb:Santa_Fe_Trail gptkb:Frederick_Jackson_Turner gptkb:Great_Plains gptkb:Mormon_Trail gptkb:Pacific_Coast gptkb:Trail_of_Tears gptkb:Dawes_Act gptkb:Oklahoma_Land_Run gptkb:wagon_train gptkb:Buffalo_Soldiers gptkb:frontier_thesis gptkb:reservation_system Frontier slavery in the United States Native American history territorial expansion railroad expansion settler colonialism Buffalo extinction Homesteader land rush settler violence
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:California_Gold_Rush gptkb:Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition gptkb:Homestead_Act gptkb:Mexican-American_War gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act gptkb:Annexation_of_Texas Transcontinental Railroad completion Oregon Trail migration
gptkbp:startDate	1803
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Wisconsin_Territory gptkb:19th_century_United_States gptkb:Fremont_Expeditions gptkb:American_Industrial_Revolution gptkb:American_Westward_Expansion gptkb:Territory_of_Deseret
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Westward Expansion