The central idea in the texts from Morgan, Momaday, Ambrose,and Chief joseph is that people have a desire to own vast amounts of land and possessions that aren't always theirs to take. I disagree with their statements and claims made about westward expansion. Momaday and Chief Joseph bring out their ideas by showing how the native americans were pushed out because of the “white man's”’ greed. Stephen Ambrose shows directly from the settlers point of view how the land space they had acquired was not enough. We also do not consider that maybe the settlers didn’t have the same mindset as the people reading these articles today. Over the years people have changed their opinions on racial differences.

Momaday and Chief Joseph show how the native americans were pushed out of their homeland because the whiteman wanted to expand to satisfy their own greed. In chief Joseph speaks we find that the Chief is allowed to visit Washington D.C., when he meets with President Hayes. “They all say they are my friends, and that I shall have justice, but while all of their mouths …show more content…
Thomas Jefferson was the main presidential figure in Stephen Ambrose's book Undaunted Courage. His language describing Jefferson shows that the author favored the president's decisions. “Jefferson was an exception. He had a marvelous imagination,” in this quote we see how the author is trying to persuade his readers to think of Jefferson as a strong leader. In the same way, someone reading an article with this form of language could be persuaded to the author's ideas. Reading through theses different authors generates the need for the American people to form their own moral beliefs and