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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Westward Expansion and the Quest to Conserve \| American Conservation Movement Westward Expansion and the Quest to Conserve National Leader in Civic Education Resources.	Gloria Lotha	May 22, 2026
	Add new Web site: United States House of Representatives - History, Art, and Archive - About Westward Expansion.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 03, 2025
	Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Westward Expansion.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 23, 2025
	Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Westward expansion: economic development.	Emily Rodriguez	May 13, 2025
	Add new Web site: NPS - The War and Westward Expansion.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 17, 2025
	Add new Web site: University of North Georgia Press - Westward Expansion (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Feb 06, 2025
	Media added.	Alicja Zelazko	Jul 31, 2019
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 02, 2019
	Add new Web site: Idaho Museum of Natural History - Westward Expansion.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Apr 26, 2016
	Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Teacher's Guide - Westward Expansion.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 29, 2015
	Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Westward Expansion.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 29, 2015
	Add new Web site: The Civil War - Westward Expansion.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 29, 2015
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Westward Movement.	Shiveta Singh	Nov 10, 2008
	Added new Web site: World History International Project - Manifest Destiny.	John Higgins	Aug 04, 2006
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 28, 2002
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998