Often times, these images are seen as propaganda for Manifest Destiny
Often times, these images are seen as propaganda for Manifest Destiny – as a way for the government to use
thoughts/feelings to compel Americans to settle westward in the name of Anglo-Saxon Protestantism (often in conflict with Catholics). But, putting ourselves in the mindset of the 19th century, couldn’t the opposite as easily be true? And, did religion play a role in the westward movement? If so, how did it combine with West to make it more attractive?