The American Frontier (The American West)

• ​Unexplored territory

• The unknown/uncivilised

• Native Americans = the "other"

• Expansion of the "American Progress" to the West

the 1850s, The California Gold RUsh

• 1850s

• Sacramento Valley, California

• One of the biggest mining booms in history

• Migration panorama changed

1869, The Transnational Railroad

• Easier to travel from the East to the West

• Bigger expansion to California in search for gold

• Faster expansion to the West

"the first thing we saw when we arrived at the United States was the Statue of Liberty, which greeted us as we arrived."