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Becoming America

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The Expansion of the United States

Between its founding and the middle of the 19th century, the United States has claimed an enormous amount of land. A lot of the claims to national greatness by then have to do with the expansionary quality of the U.S., he says. "This is a land that is reproducing at it, just an enormous pace"

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