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 The "{{w|Western (genre)|western}}" genre refers to narrative works set in the American "{{w|American frontier|Old West}}" west of the Mississippi River between the years of 1865 (when the Civil War ended) and 1895 (when the US Census officially declared the frontier to be closed).  These dates are naturally somewhat arbitrary, but most works in the genre are set more or less in that relatively narrow window of time.  This definition may be too narrow, however, as many events related to the American West took place before the Civil War.  The {{w|North_American_fur_trade|fur trade}} was significant in the western frontier from the early 1800s to about 1845.  The {{w|Oregon Trail|Oregon Trail}} saw its first wagon trail in 1836, and along with variants such as the California and Utah/Mormon trail, was regularly and heavily used beginning around 1845-1847.  The {{w|California_Gold_Rush|California Gold Rush}} took place in 1849.  Stories of fur trapping, wagon trains, and mining all feature heavily in the "western" genre, making the disparity between the length of real history and the length of historical fiction less great.
-This era in American history was marked by aggressive settling of western lands.  The US had pursued an expansionist policy known as "{{w|Manifest Destiny}}", which had the primary goal of extending US borders across the continent. This led to various strategies to increase the lands under US control (ranging from diplomatic efforts to expansionist wars), displacing, containing, and eliminating native peoples from the land, and encouraging American settlement in the western territories. Settlers were encouraged to go west with the promise of cheap or free land for agriculture, mineral riches, and freedom from the dangers of large cities.
+This era in American history was marked by aggressive settling of western lands.  The US had pursued an expansionist policy known as "{{w|Manifest Destiny}}", which had the primary goal of extending US borders across the continent through the means of using Christianity to justify the displacement of Native Americans that were already living there. This led to various strategies to increase the lands under US control (ranging from diplomatic efforts to expansionist wars), displacing, containing, and eliminating native peoples from the land, and encouraging American settlement in the western territories. Settlers were encouraged to go west with the promise of cheap or free land for agriculture, mineral riches, and freedom from the dangers of large cities.
 These sparsely populated lands quickly gained a reputation for being dangerous, unpredictable, and violent. The men and women who settled them were admired as rugged individualists, civilizing a wild frontier through hard work, courage and persistence. The mythos of the "wild west" arguably continues to impact American culture to this day.

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 The title text is in reference to the popular video game ''{{w|Red Dead Redemption 2}}'', which takes place in an Old West setting. ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' has already sold in excess of 24 million copies, while at the 1890 census the entire West - even going by the widest definition, counting every state and territory west of the Mississippi - had a population of just 16.8 million. The region now counted by the US Census Bureau as the "Western United States" was even smaller, at just 3.64 million. Assuming every copy sold represents one player (some sold may not have been played, but others sold may account for multiple players), not only are there more RDR2 players than there were people in the Wild West at its height, there may be more than lived in the region ''at all'' during the frontier years.
-A similar question was asked in [[what if?]] [https://what-if.xkcd.com/100/ WWII Films].
+A similar question was asked in the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article [https://what-if.xkcd.com/100/ WWII Films].
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 The "{{w|Western (genre)|western}}" genre refers to narrative works set in the American "{{w|American frontier|Old West}}" west of the Mississippi River between the years of 1865 (when the Civil War ended) and 1895 (when the US Census officially declared the frontier to be closed).  These dates are naturally somewhat arbitrary, but most works in the genre are set more or less in that relatively narrow window of time.  This definition may be too narrow, however, as many events related to the American West took place before the Civil War.  The {{w|North_American_fur_trade|fur trade}} was significant in the western frontier from the early 1800s to about 1845.  The {{w|Oregon Trail|Oregon Trail}} saw its first wagon trail in 1836, and along with variants such as the California and Utah/Mormon trail, was regularly and heavily used beginning around 1845-1847.  The {{w|California_Gold_Rush|California Gold Rush}} took place in 1849.  Stories of fur trapping, wagon trains, and mining all feature heavily in the "western" genre, making the disparity between the length of real history and the length of historical fiction less great.
-This era in American history was marked by aggressive settling of western lands.  The US had pursued an expansionist policy known as "{{w|Manifest Destiny}}", which had the primary goal of extending US borders across the continent. This led to various strategies to increase the lands under US control (ranging from diplomatic efforts to expansionist wars), displacing, containing, and eliminating native people from the land, and encouraging American settlement in the western territories. Settlers were encouraged to go west with the promise of cheap or free land for agriculture, mineral riches, and freedom from the dangers of large cities.
+This era in American history was marked by aggressive settling of western lands.  The US had pursued an expansionist policy known as "{{w|Manifest Destiny}}", which had the primary goal of extending US borders across the continent. This led to various strategies to increase the lands under US control (ranging from diplomatic efforts to expansionist wars), displacing, containing, and eliminating native peoples from the land, and encouraging American settlement in the western territories. Settlers were encouraged to go west with the promise of cheap or free land for agriculture, mineral riches, and freedom from the dangers of large cities.
 These sparsely populated lands quickly gained a reputation for being dangerous, unpredictable, and violent. The men and women who settled them were admired as rugged individualists, civilizing a wild frontier through hard work, courage and persistence. The mythos of the "wild west" arguably continues to impact American culture to this day.

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 The "{{w|Western (genre)|western}}" genre refers to narrative works set in the American "{{w|American frontier|Old West}}" west of the Mississippi River between the years of 1865 (when the Civil War ended) and 1895 (when the US Census officially declared the frontier to be closed).  These dates are naturally somewhat arbitrary, but most works in the genre are set more or less in that relatively narrow window of time.  This definition may be too narrow, however, as many events related to the American West took place before the Civil War.  The {{w|North_American_fur_trade|fur trade}} was significant in the western frontier from the early 1800s to about 1845.  The {{w|Oregon Trail|Oregon Trail}} saw its first wagon trail in 1836, and along with variants such as the California and Utah/Mormon trail, was regularly and heavily used beginning around 1845-1847.  The {{w|California_Gold_Rush|California Gold Rush}} took place in 1849.  Stories of fur trapping, wagon trains, and mining all feature heavily in the "western" genre, making the disparity between the length of real history and the length of historical fiction less great.
-This era in American history was marked by aggressive settling of western lands.  The US had pursued an expansionist policy known as "{{w|Manifest Destiny}}", which had the primary goal of extending US borders across the continent. This led to various strategies to increase the lands under US control (ranging from diplomatic efforts to expansionist wars), displacing, containing, and eliminating native peoples from the land, and encouraging American settlement in the western territories. Settlers were encouraged to go west with the promise of cheap or free land for agriculture, mineral riches, and freedom from the dangers of large cities.
+This era in American history was marked by aggressive settling of western lands.  The US had pursued an expansionist policy known as "{{w|Manifest Destiny}}", which had the primary goal of extending US borders across the continent. This led to various strategies to increase the lands under US control (ranging from diplomatic efforts to expansionist wars), displacing, containing, and eliminating native people from the land, and encouraging American settlement in the western territories. Settlers were encouraged to go west with the promise of cheap or free land for agriculture, mineral riches, and freedom from the dangers of large cities.
 These sparsely populated lands quickly gained a reputation for being dangerous, unpredictable, and violent. The men and women who settled them were admired as rugged individualists, civilizing a wild frontier through hard work, courage and persistence. The mythos of the "wild west" arguably continues to impact American culture to this day.