Please respond to the prompt below in essay format. Make sure you respond to ALL parts of thequestion. Be sure to include specific examples and as much detail as you can, as this will improve thequality of your answer. Also remember, you MUST use relevant sources (at least TWO sources) fromD2L to support your response. You may also use the textbook of course, but it does not count as one ofyour required D2Lsources. Without the use of relevant sources, you will not receive a passing gradefor the exam. The more source you use, the better, especially if they are primary sources! Take yourtime and respond thoughtfully. Remember to paraphrase and cite, and use direct quotes sparingly. CiteD2L sources by providing the name of the document, and the weekly module it is located in. To citethe textbook, just write “American Yawp,” followed by the chapter and section the reference is from:ex. (American Yawp, Chapter 4, Section II)You have until May 9, 11:59pm to complete the exam and submit it to the Dropbox. Make sure youressay is in MS Word or PDF format double-spaced, in Times New Roman font, and at least 500 words.Make sure you respond to all parts of the prompt thoroughly and completely and with as much detailand source usage as possible. Also remember to avoid first person, such as I, me, my, mine, we, ours.You are making an academic argument, so keep your essay in third person objective voice.Unsupported opinions, conjecture, and overgeneralizations will count against you. In other words,avoid making claims without evidence!Characterize and describe American westward expansion from 1803 (the Louisiana Purchase) to1860 (Lincoln’s election and South Carolina secession). In what ways did westward expansionstrengthen the Union between the states, and in what ways did it challenge that Union? All thingsconsidered, did westward expansion during this time act as mostly a unifying force, or was it mostlya divisive force? How so (in other words, in what ways did westward expansion challenge theUnion, and in what ways did it support the Union)? Did westward expansion make the bondbetween the states mostly stronger, or did it make the bond mostly weaker? What were theconsequences of westward expansion, also called “Manifest Destiny,” on the unity of the UnitedStates?As the young United States began to grow and expand to the West beginning in the early 19th century, thenation benefited in many ways, but expansion also led to many new challenges and controversies thatbegan to plague the nation. Develop an argument that addresses the questions above. Did westwardexpansion mostly strengthen the Union of the United States, or did it mostly weaken the Union? You mustargue for one or the other, and not both. Include in your argument a discussion of major events involvedin westward expansion and the controversies they raised. To what extent was the nation successful inresolving and settling those controversies? What questions remained unanswered, and how dangerouswere those unanswered questions to the Union of the United States? Remember to use the sources, whichincludes the textbook, but more importantly the D2L documents as well. Essays that do not use at leasttwo D2L sources (not including the textbook) will NOT receive a passing score, no matter how well-written. Finally, outside sources are not allowed. Use of an outside source will also result in a non-passing score, even if all other requirements are met. Your response will be assessed according to therubric posted in this module.