American Expansion In The 19th Century

The American Expansion or the Westward Expansion was one of the most defining themes of the 19th century. When evaluating the effects of the American Expansion in the United States, Mexico, and Spain, Americans had the ideal idea that they should be able to spread their colonies westward. The Americans called this god given right Manifest Destiny. This led to conflicts of war in which America became a great imperialistic powerhouse. This caused a lot of controversy between the different colonies and there were many effects negatively and positively on the colonies.
After the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican War the United States gained a lot of new land from the Mexican civilization which was called the Mexican Cession. The Mexican Cession allowed the United States to add California which was the hotspot for gold. The California gold Rush happened in 1849 rapidly expanded the population because the new found gold allowed for new economic measures. During the time of the Gold Rush miners was able to extract over 750,000 pounds of gold, which by default lead to America earning a large sum of money. Before the Gold Rush, Texas gained its independence from Mexico and joined the United States as a slave state. Texas brought in a lot of money towards the economy also.
The war had many casualties including military and civilian deaths. The war left many kids without parents to live with, mourning wives of their dead husbands, and many politicians suffering. Due to this destruction Mexico lost a lot of money in helping their citizens and rebuilding their lands. There was a drastic decline within the agricultural sites which caused there to not be enough food to feed the citizens in which Mexico had to ship out more money for that. There was a lot of tension within the government about trading with other countries because some countries refused to trade with