Westward expansion
By: Teresa Domnauer.
Series: A true book
Publisher: Children's Press; Childrens Pr
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780531205860; 9780531212493
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature; Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature; Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile literature; United States -- Territorial expansion -- Juvenile literature; West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature; West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A growing nation : what laws angered the colonists?; title: Beyond the Appalachians : who blazed a trail through the Appalachian Mountains?; title: Exploring the West : how did fur trappers survive in the wilderness of the West?; title: Native American struggles : why were native Americans forced to leave their homelands?; title: Pathway to the Pacific : why did the United States fight a war with Mexico?; title: The end of the frontier : what characters and legends came from the West?