How Did Anglo-Americans Expand West In The 19th Century?

While Anglo-Americans continued to expand west in the 19th century, there were non-white groups that experienced the opposite from victory. Anglo-Americans believed in Manifest Destiny, which was the idea that Americans were ordained by God to continue expanding westward because it was underlined by both national pride and racial assumptions of superiority. Meanwhile, groups such as the Chinese and Native Americans experienced unfairness and fear while living under the control of Anglo-Americans. As a result of whites owning the lands, non-white groups were introduced to the idea of assimilation, which consisted of acquiring and accommodating to the Americans’ way of living. In addition to that, Americanization and assimilation were the catalyst