Question

What are three types of progress are illustrated in “American progress” by John Gast

Answer 1

The correct answer is B.

The American Progress was painted in 1872 by John Gast and it provides an image of the Westward Expansion. It shows how progress was brought progressively to the savage and unknown Western lands. Actually the East is represented on the right side of the image as the area with bright blues skies, as a contraposition to the dark West. The woman in the middle is called 'Progress', and she carries a book which represents the intellectual developments. These developments came together with the innovative tecnical and farming mechanisms that the indigenous people who moved to the area had to put in practice in order to make a living in the new lands, and that allowed them to undertake agricultural activities profitably.