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1、TheSignificanceofAmericanWesternMovementAbstract：AmericanWestwardMovementin19thcentury,infact,isalarge-scaleadvancementofAmericaneconomyexploitationandaterritorialexpansion.Itplaysavitalroleintheformation,thedevelopmentandthepresentsituationoftheUnitedS
2、tatesofAmerica.Particularly,WestwardMovementhasseepedintothisyoungnationalityonitsculturalinfluence.ToanswerthesequestionsthisthesismainlyanalyzesAmericanWestwardMovementfromahistoricalangletohelpustorecognizeAmericancultureandhistory.Forthispurpose,thi
3、sthesisdiscussesWestwardMovement’sinfluencesonAmericaneconomy,itsnationalcharacteristicandtheformationofitsvalues.Also,thewriterreflectsitsdarksideinthethesis.KeyWords：WestwardMovement;nationalcharacter;pioneer;IndiancultureI.IntroductionAmericanWestwar
4、dMovementinthe19thcenturywastheprocessofeconomyexploitationandterritoryexpansionwagedbytheAmericansfromAppalachianMountainstothewestfromtheendof18thcenturytotheendof19thcentury.Itlastedaboutonehundredyears,andAmericanterritorywasexpandedfromthe13colonie
5、satthecoastoftheAtlanticOceanintheIndependenceWartothevastarea-theshoreofthePacificOcean.Thismovementwasaspaceandtime-spanning,large-scale,andfar-reachingsocialmigrant.“Tillnow,toacertainextent,thehistoryofAmericacanbesaidthatitisahistoryofcolonizing.”T
6、hefirstperiodofWestwardMovementwasfromtheAmericanWarofIndependencetotheperiodoftheCivilWar.Duringthisperiod,itmainlydevelopedagriculture.ThewestlandwasveryimportantforUSAafteritsindependence.ButforWestwardMovement,therewouldbenotoday’sAmerica.Byexpandin
7、gthenation’sborderstoincludemorethanthreemillionsquaremiles,theUnitedStatesbecameoneofthemostpowerfulnationsofthe20thcentury.11Firstly,capitalisticagriculturegrewup,andthenanimalhusbandry,commerce,mining,andindustrywerefollowingup.Atlast,itexistedasitua
8、tioninwhichagricultureandanimalhusbandrydevelopedatthesametime,industryandagriculturepromotedeachother,transportationandcommercetradeprogressedoverall.However,thisexpansionalsoresultedingreatsuffering,destruction,andculturallossf
