American Experience
Season 7 Episode 12 - The Way West (1): Westward, the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1845-1864)
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporated into the American empire. Lakotas, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Poncas, Apaches, Nez Perces and Utes fought back, then watched as everything they had was taken from them, their way of life all but destroyed.
Episodes in Season 7
1
FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921)
55 min
2
FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)
55 min
3
FDR (3): The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940)
55 min
4
FDR (4): The Juggler (1940-1945)
55 min
5
Telegrams from the Dead
55 min
6
Midnight Ramble
55 min
7
Battle of the Bulge
55 min
10
One Woman, One Vote (1)
55 min
11
One Woman, One Vote (2)
55 min
12
The Way West (1): Westward, the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1845-1864)
55 min
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13
The Way West (2): The Approach of Civilization (1865-1869)
55 min
14
The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876)
55 min
15
The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893)
55 min
