deprived white. With the westward expansion‚ you were allowed to build your own empire no matter your primary status. Especially with the Homestead Act now in place‚ it made the West very promising. The Homestead Act was an act that assured 160 acres of free land to any citizen who settled on the property for five years. The land could be seen as a new beginning as you could do what you wanted with this land whether it was to grow profit or simply get away from the government focused area.
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In 1846‚ a war was waged to seize land from Mexico. America’s desire was to expand our boundaries from Texas to California. America wanted this westward expansion as a necessity since America population was increasing. Americans felt like this was their destiny. America gained 500‚000 square miles of new land including Texas and Mexican territories. Since gaining so much new land‚ it complicated its politics on slavery issues. The presidential election of 1848 was defined by the slavery issues.
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Jefferson was the reason why the westward expansion started. Lewis and clark were wanting to start a journey to the western side. Lewis couldn’t do it alone so he asked clark come alone with him on the journey. So he did they had some hard times it wasn’t so easy as they though. Lewis brought him alone so he could get supplies for him if they ever needed them on there way over to the mississippi on the side of pacific ocean. Lewis had planned to go to the pacific but they had trouble on the way
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Westward Expansion The westward expansion of the United States can be argued for progress‚ greed and racism. It can be argued for progress because in order for the United States to grow and prosper as a country‚ they needed more land‚ the only way to get more land to expand and explore. Although the United States were willing to do anything to expand‚ this meant they were willing to kill anyone in their way if they did not compromise with the United States; this is when greed and racism take
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for wealthy people to invest money. Despite all these countless opportunities‚ the trip westward was beyond capabilities of many Americans. Many people could not afford to pay for the long trip out West. To facilitate the migration of Americans to the west‚ the federal government passed several laws. These laws did everything from providing free land to the expansion of railroads westward. This westward expansion did not come without a price. Unfortunately‚
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actions taken by the federal government leading to westward expansion led and built a massive impact on the United States. From starting off as the thirteen colonies‚ looking for independence and religious freedom to the country that is now known as "The Land of Opportunity" the United States started it all with expanding west. You can’t get from point A to point C before passing through point B. The Louisiana territory purchased in 1803 was the point B of westward expansion. Not only was the purchase
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The Westward Expansion Impact As the 19th century progresses‚ more and more settlers arrived in the US and the yearn for open space and freedom had grown tremendously. The US had decided to push westwards due to this.Thousands of settlers began to pour into the new land. Through the exciting and promising land acquisitions‚ there was a dark history behind the westward expansion that was never fully acknowledged. Although America had enforced westwards expansion‚ it did not acknowledge the Native
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Indians versus Westward Expansion It was the early 19th century. The United States was in the process of expanding and rapidly growing. While expanding‚ the government had to push the Native Americans westward to acquire new land. The harsh and unjust treatment made a huge impact on the Native American nation. In both of the readings‚ Indian Rights and Chief Joseph Speaks‚ both Native American tribes speak of the unjust treatment from the U.S. Government with use of treaties. Both readings also
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population and to give people the option of self advancement and technological advancement. Land was not only what was being sought after‚ people went out and tried to spread their Protestant religion with others. The final major outcome for the Americans for claiming this land was that they were able to gain a lot of profit when it comes to agriculture‚ trading across the Pacific and mining for gold. The US population in the early 18th century was about five million people but during
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The westward expansion negatively impacted the native americans. The settlers did a lot of awful things to get their gold. The native americans were kicked out of their land by the settlers. The native americans fought for their land against the settlers. The settlers killed a lot of native american people for their gold. Westward expansion negatively impacted the native american people by causing war that devastated the native american land‚ the native americans were forced out of their land‚ and
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