Online Services and Databases for Home Use
Britannica School Article
PBS - American Experience
Northern Illinois University - Digital Library
National Constitution Center
National Park Service
FACTCITE article (brief overview)
National Archives
Michigan State University - Julian Samora Research Institute
Britannica School article
National Archives Primary Sources (applications, letters, photos)
The History Channel (overview & video)
VIDEO: The Homestead Act Spurs Westward Expansion
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Article & Art
EBOOK: A Primary Source History of Westward Expansion
Native American Perspectives (Speech of the Osages & Sioux Nations to the President of the U.S. 1806)
National Gallery of Art Exhibit, "Manifest Destiny and the West." Read the overview, and then scroll down to select photographs to read and learn more.
