Immigrants and the westward expansion
By: Tracee Sioux.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Primary sources of immigration and migration in America
Publisher: PowerKids Press; Rosen Publishing Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Immigrants -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life.; Immigrants -- West (U.S.); Pioneers -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860 -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Territorial expansion -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Pictorial works
Description: Describes the discovery and settlement of the Western United States by diverse ethnic and religious groups, who came and stayed for widely differing reasons.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 24) and index.
Table of contents: title: European Immigration; title: Obstacles to the West; title: Lewis and Clark; title: Native Americans; title: The Mormon Trail; title: Rushing for Gold; title: The Homestead Act; title: Wagon Trains; title: The Pacific Railroad; title: From Sea to Shining Sea.