Directions:
1. Examine the painting.
2. Read the passage.
3. Answer the question in a comment on the blog.
(BE SURE TO POST A COMMENT WITH YOUR ANSWERS ON THE BLOG)
The rapid settlement of the United States’ inland empire was soon recorded in census reports. Between 1800 and 1840, the population of Ohio grew from fewer than 50,000 people to about 1.5 million. In Illinois, census totals jumped from about 12,000 in 1810 to nearly 500,000 in 1840. Alabama census takers saw the state’s population of slaves alone rise from about 47,500 in 1820 to more than 253,500 in 1840—a more than fivefold increase. This movement of people westward led to the creation of many new states. The admission of Michigan to the Union in 1837 brought the number of states to 26, or twice the original total of 13.
As the number of stars dotting the American flag rapidly increased, many people came to believe that the United States was destined to continue growing and expanding. It seemed to them that God had chosen their country to spread the blessings of freedom and Ameri- can civilization across the Mississippi and beyond. In 1845, newspaper editor John L. Sullivan wrote of “our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the development of our yearly multi- plying millions.”
To carry out this mission, Americans would have to confront two nations that claimed large parts of North America: Mexico and Great Britain. They would also have to reach some accommodation with the original inhabitants of the land, the American Indians. Only when the nation overcame those obstacles could the American flag wave freely “from sea to shining sea.”
(Taken from Pursuing American Ideals: Digging Deeper 3)
• List all the people you see in this image and describe them. What are the people doing? Where are they going?
• Who is the woman in the flowing white dress?
• What did the artist want us to think about the United States’ move westward?
• Would American Indians agree with this image? What type of picture might they paint?
-I see a woman flying in the air holding a book on his right hand. Indians riding on horse backs and even whites on horses too. Indians and whites are walking too. A horse with a wagon. Finally I see houses on the right hand picture.
ReplyDelete-That woman is an angel going to the heaven. Manifest destiny i think, the woman going up floating in the air.
-Because maybe they wanted to let us move. more land and farming to do.
-I think the American Indians would agree with the image. Probably they would paint a picture of Indians, showing what they wanted.
-Lxc
-i see a group of people who look like they're indians with horse and a dog running west, and the white people on the road, and people with a wagon all heading west(walking,horseback riding)
ReplyDelete-the woman is manifest destiny
-I think the artist wanted us to think moving west was a good thing, and that people were happy to be moving west.
-Yes I think that the Indians would agree with this image. maybe they would paint a similar picture..
~DEANA BERLIN
1.The white people are traveling west to settle and they look excited.
ReplyDeleteNative Americans are also traveling west and they look furious about the white people going westward.
There is an angelic woman looking westward too.
2. The woman in the flowing white dress is a personification for the Manifest Destiny.
3. The artist wanted us to think that it was a good thing for both of the groups to settle west because they would have a better life.
4. I don't think the Native Americans would agree with this painting because they think the white people are going to invade their home. They would draw a painting and make the white people look bad or cautious for their land.
-Nicole Twitchell
1. Lots of white people everywhere.
ReplyDeletethe one on horses look like Indians,
I also see wagons and ppl riding and walking around.
and some animals
2.The personification of the manifest destiny
3.Maybe the artist wanted us to think that it was a huge change that had to be pointed out, so they painted this picture..naaam-ell:)
4.Yes, i think American Indians would agree with this, and they might of painted the same picture, but maybe they will change it up a bit.
-Amanda>>>???