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Why do you think the painter named the image American Progress?

Why do you think the painter named the image American Progress?-example-1

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The figure of AmericanProgress is ushering an era of modernization, development, and advancement to the West, which in the painting is portrayed as a dark and savage place, especially when compared to the eastern side of the painting.
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