achieved‚ people have to realize the process they had to do to achieve it‚ which was stepping on other people to get there. Westward expansion was the greatest method to achieve the grouping of the natural resources found and use them as needed. To gain access to the western part of the country the white settlers had to pass through the Native Americans. While pushing westward the white culture clashed with the plain indians and their culture. As a result of this clash bloody battles surged and the
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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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The westward expansion was in the 19th century‚ which started in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase. During this period it brought way for the slave debate‚ if the new states would become slave states and how the north and south would be balanced for economic growth and vast new territory. The expansion west rose the question of how and if slavery would still continue which is known as the slave debate. This conflict was about the northern states depended on free labor rather than slave labor compared
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Westward expansion 1. What national issues emerged in the process of closing the western frontier? 2. Why does the West hold such an important place in the American imagination? 3. In what ways is the West romanticized in American culture? Key Tensions Native Americans Buffalo Hunters‚ Railroads‚ U.S. Government Cattlemen Sheepherders Ranchers Farmers Ethnic Minorities Nativists Conservationists Big Business Interests [mining‚ timber]‚ Local Govt. Officials‚ Farmers‚ Buffalo
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In 1845‚ a fellow named John C. Calhoun coined the term "Manifest Destiny." The term Manifest Destiny was a slogan for westward expansion during the 1840’s. In the west there was plenty of land‚ national security‚ the spread of democracy‚ urbanization‚ but there was also poverty out west. People moved out west in search for a new life such as a new beginning. Moving out west‚ settlers from the east were taking a risk of a lot of things. The climate was different and there were more cultures that
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Yuta Ogawa Segal‚ Samantha US History I Honors May 17‚ 2010 Westward Expansion DBQ Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States of America had the destiny of expanding across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This terms meaning has changed and been misused over the years. It was used as a justification for the Mexican War‚ and eventually was led to believe that it was to expand slavery. The main purpose of Manifest Destiny was not to expand the institution of slavery
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12/17/12 Block 6 Westward Expansion and the Civil War By the mid nineteenth century‚ the United States was expanding westward rapidly. And as America expanded‚ so did the sectionalism. The rifts between the North and the South‚ caused by conflicting views on Westward Expansion were becoming more evident. Not only were the debates over westward expansion tedious; the ever growing social debate was also becoming alarmingly prevalent. And in 1860‚ the Civil War broke out‚ ultimately because of economic
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told that the reason for the debate over the territorial expansion was because people didn’t want to expand to the west. This is not true do to the fact that in the 1800’s America was full of people who believed in manifest destiny. Most Americans believed that we should extend our nation’s borders from Sea to shining Sea and maybe even farther. We can see in our accurate history documents that the real reason for the debate of the expansion was because of slavery. This is what made America become
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As a southern land speculator‚ I would argue for Manifest Destiny and westward expansion. If our country is to be a powerful nation we must use any means to become powerful. By acquiring more land moving westward we can open up more land for slavery and create more jobs in new villages as well as public work projects like railroads and canals. With so much opportunity out west‚ I can acquire land and sell it so those eager for that land. Dealing with the problem of Native Americans‚ President Jackson
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“How important were railways in opening up the West?” (50 marks) The world’s first transcontinental railway came into being on the 10th of May 1869‚ after 6 years of intense manual labouring‚ much of which had occurred during the tumultuous years of the American Civil War. As it entailed a huge 1907 mile route – beginning at San Francisco Bay‚ and ending in Iowa on the Missouri River – the line could be described as monumentally important as it travelled through six of the 37 existing states‚ and
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