Westward Expansion Effects

The Effects of Westward Expansion on Native Americans In the westward expansion of the united states caused a lot of disruption to the Native Americans. The Native Americans had all of the land in the U.S. for centuries, but when gold was found in the west, the whites wanted to travel west no matter what it took. This impacted the Native Americans in both positive and negative ways. The Native Americans had their land taken from them and adapted to the white culture as the Westward expansion was happening. Also, the Native Americans most reliable source for food and other materials was the buffalo. With the white settlers coming into their land, the buffalo would start to get scarce. The health and well being of the Native Americans was therefore hurt by westward expansion too. Westward expansion is where America grew, but the Indians fell.
One way the Native Americans land and ways of life were affected was by the forcefulness of the white settlers. The indian land was taken from them with no compromises. The Indians were nothing to the power of the white settlers
Although it had so positive effects on them such as their way of preparing meals and more, it overall had a negative effect on them. White settlers forced them out of their land, killed them, made them change their culture and way of life, and killing their main food source making Westward expansion a very bad time for the Native Americans. They were treated as if they were nothing and they were nothing to the U.S. and the white people. The white people overpowered them and took advantage of them. Everything the Native American people were known for disappeared, not completely, but it severely hurt them. In the end, the westward expansion and the white people had beaten the Native Americans. Even though it was not just a gigantic war, it was clear that the white settlers had won by taking what they needed and weakening the Native