In American Progress, John Gast displays the westward expansion and explains how America had many advantages. In the painting, everything in the picture was moving west. This furthermore shows that everyone was moving west to discover new things. In addition with everything moving west, the painting also shows Indians on the left side of the picture with some Americans behind them; this expresses that Americans found Indians in their exploration west. …show more content…
In the article, O’Sullivan talks about how the westward expansion would help America become a stronger nation because it would bring new land for the Americans to conquer, as a result in more land for them to settle in. O’Sullivan talks about how the Americans wanted to know the future, when they don't even know their past, for the most part the Americans just wanted to know about the future with the new land, and didn’t even want to know the past of the land or the Indians. In conclusion, O’Sullivan thought that the westward expansion would result in a stronger nation for the