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American Progress

Painting entitled American Progress, by John Gast, depicting Manifest Destiny (the religious belief that the United States should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in the name of God). In 1872 artist John Gast painted a popular scene of people moving west that captured the view of Americans at the time. Called Spirit of the Frontier and widely distributed as an engraving portrayed settlers moving west, guided and protected by a goddess-like figure and aided by technology (railways, telegraphs), driving Native Americans and bison into obscurity. It is also important to note that angel is bringing the light as witnessed on the eastern side of the painting as she travels towards the darkened west. USA, circa 1872. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)

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Andrew Johnson

circa 1855: Andrew Johnson (1808 - 1875), Governor of Tennessee and later the 16th vice-president and 17th president of the United States. He was the only Southern senator to remain faithful to the Union during the American Civil War. (Photo by Mathew Brady/MPI/Getty Images)

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