1、.1 Westward Movement(西进运动西进运动).2Abstract Westward movement in America carried settlers across America, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Period ： the early 17th -late 19th centuriesReasons: Make a better life，for the land、the wealth、more opportunities.3Stage 2Stage 3Stage 1The first Amer
2、ican frontier ran along the Appalachian Mountains after territory west of the mountains came under British control in 1763.During the early 1800s, the next push westward took settlers into the Great Lakes region, the Mississippi River Valley, and the plains along the Gulf of Mexico. By the mid-1840s
3、 ,adventurous pioneers had reached what are now California and Oregon in the far westThe last frontier was the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains .The settlement of that region began in the 1880s.In 1890, the U.S Bureau of the Census(人口调查局人口调查局) reported that no frontiers remained in the U.S. .4.5
4、EFFECTS positive negative .6 Promote democracy encourage the development of certain American characteristics. .7The cowboy the spirit of independence, self-reliance(自力更生) encourage many Americans until today.8to Indians Be cheated and killed cruelly A miserable(悲惨悲惨的的) history Became landless, homel
5、ess, and even lifeless. Rebelled but failed.9Indian removal act Time:1830 President Andrew Jackson Indian tribes were all forced off their nations and moved on to reservations（保留地）（保留地）.10.11.12The belief that it was US destiny to expand towards the Pacific , perhaps further , to spread its version
6、of democracy & freedom. (天定命运论:19世纪鼓吹美国对外侵略扩张为天命所定的一种理论) Manifest Destiny 天定命运论Though it was just a general belief & never official policy, many historians use the concept of Manifest Destiny to explain American expansion.13conclusion We can not deny that westward movement is a great monument in America history, however it is one way of America expansion. It is one part of American colonialism.14Thank you for your listening！
