**SPECIAL DATE** During the 19th Century\, the United States envisioned an orderly expansion into the West: treaties to legitimize settlement\, surveys to map the land\; then Americans would spread peacefully across it -- all under the guidance and protection of t heir government. But the California Gold Rush and the war with Mexico chan ged everything. Americans were now moving west in ever-larger numbers\, ah ead of their government -- searching for new treasure\, clearing land\, bu ilding towns and cities\, starting over. The new settlers brought with the m their nation's oldest\, and most divisive issue -- slavery -- and the We st became a breeding ground for the bloodshed that would eventually engulf the whole country. When war finally came\, the result in the West was cha os: hatred consumed entire communities\, criminals led armies and no one w as safe. The federal government\, engaged in a struggle simply to hold the country together\, could do nothing to stop it. Learn more about this exp losive era in American history with this film (part of a documentary serie s) by Stephen Ives. \;
\nKanopy Streaming
\n1 hour 25 minu tes
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