Manifest Destiny

Kyle Brookings         broo8407@uidaho.edu       

Megan Kunde           mkunde@vandals.uidaho.edu 

Tom Mavencamp      mave9055@vandals.uidaho.edu

Bill McMullin             mcmu9138@uidaho.edu   

Website URL: www.websites.uidaho.edu/~kund3090   

The study, analysis, and evaluation of our topic, which we are loosely calling manifest destiny, teaches us about revisionist history, and allows us to see monstrosity as a subjective thing, even insofar as to apply it to ourselves, in the case of colonialism and the genocide of the Native Americans that occurred in the name of manifest destiny. By looking at the art of the time period and topic, we will see how propaganda was used to form the cultural lens that allowed such monstrous acts, and how that lens both continues to exists and is coming under scrutiny today.

Kyle will be describing how the propaganda of the time was used to other the Native Americans and justify the genocide thereof DURING the time period, in the name of manifest destiny.

Megan will be describing how the revisionist history and how we as a people have come to terms with the story and views from the winners point of view. As well as using a great majority of the art from these eras showing how the art is created from the winners eyes.

Bill will be describing the trail of tears and how the Native-American viewed the Americans during this time.

Tom will show the events that led to the American people to actually believe in Manifest Destiny and feel that it was they’re god given right to expand the borders of their country from one end of the continent to the other.