Westward Expansion: Federal Policies, Native Impacts, and Frontier Myths
Examine federal policies like the Enlarged Homestead Act that spurred westward migration while devastating Native communities through wars and reservations. Synthesize the mythic allure of figures like Calamity Jane with factual accounts of federal-driven displacement in the developing West. Legislating the Frontier Congress passed the Enlarged Homestead Act in 1909, doubling the standard claim from […]
Date: September 12th, 2025