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Hudson River School (Transcendentalism and HRS (Similarities (Focuses on…

- - - - Enforced the social hierarchy that put Native Americans on the bottom.
        
        Native Americans were seen as inferior even in comparison to enslaved black men and women
      - shows that Native Americans are still viewed as uncultured savages that need to be removed from the land and put into reservations.
  - - - Started Indian resistance movements. Eventually led to the Trail of Tears.
- - - - The Indian Removal Act allowed for the government to spread from coast to coast because they had sent Indian's onto reservations.
        
        This is a reason for why most Native Americans are not represented in the artwork
    - - "Colburn Butte, South Utah" by Thomas Moran
      - The paintings were of the Western side showing the beauty of the west and that prosperity can be achieved if and when they move
    - - Convinced Americans that they have a God-given right to spread US democracy
        
        Fortified distinctions between races
        
        Considered other people to be more "backwards"
        
        Idea of "White man's burden"
        
        Fueled by American pride in global impact
        
        Accredited for revolutions in Italy, France, Germany,
        Hungary, and parts of the Austrian Empire
        
        Justified prejudice against Mexicans (Tejanos), Native Americans, slaves, etc.
        
        Felt they needed to be civilized
        
        Thought of more as a responsibility than a right
    - - Since "manifest destiny" was about expansion, it was found that different landscapes of the world were being painted (the West).