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The Lousiana Purchase of 1803 cost America $15 million and doubled the nation in size, helping America make its way further west.
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The War of 1812 was war fought between the United States and Great Britain and their Native American allies. The war ended in 1815.
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Under the presidency of Andrew Jackson, this law allowed "negotiation" between the government and Indians for Indian land.
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The war ended in February of 1848. In the United States' conquest for the West, America gained nearly half of Mexico's territory.
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Excitement of gold caused many to leave their lifes in the pursuit for wealth in the west.
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The oil on canvas "Home by the Lake" depicts the promising life of a couple settled in the wilderness. Frederic Edwin Church's painting suggests an optimistic future for America.
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"The Life of a Hunter: A Tight Fix" by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait portrays nature as an enemy, men as rugged, and magnifies current issues through art.
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Jasper Francis Cropsey's "The Backwoods of America" illustrates a beautiful view and foreshadows an end to frontier life.
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Following New Mexico, Arizona was admitted to the Union as the final midland state. Historians mark New Mexico and Arizona's admission as the end of the American frontier.
