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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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    Westward Expansion Although the United States had good reasons for kicking the Indians off their land like mining and housing for the extreme population growth‚ the United States wasn’t justified in its treatment of the Native Americans during the period of Western Expansion. The United States forced the Indians to move from their land and go more west every time they kept finding gold. The Indians had been there for years before the Americans even started their colonies so they had ancestral

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    The Sioux tribe was impacted by Westward Expansion in many ways. The U.S. army tried to gain control of the Sioux ‚ many of whom entered and left reservations at will. The U.S. army then attempted to force the remaining Sioux tribe of the land by sending more forces under Colonel George Cluster into the hills of South Dakota. The Westward Expansion was also detrimental to the needs of not only the Sioux tribe but all Native American tribes. Most tribes depended solemnly on buffalo for food as well

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    and respect; however‚ could a nation so great preserve indigenous societies continuously impeding the country’s potential growth without giving up on aspirations of success and expansion? Would our country exist as the power symbol it is today without certain actions that removed the barriers preventing American expansion and growth? Although the aboriginal people of America had claimed their land before the settlement of white colonists‚ the Native Americans proved an impediment towards the ultimate

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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    American Westward expansion set the stage for significant social‚ economic and political changes that echo up until today. Westward Expansion created more land for farmers and settlers‚ more natural resources for the United States‚ and built the United States into a major world power. Back to that era‚ there were many factors that attributed to American’s rapid expansion to the west. First‚ the idea of “manifest destiny”‚ that describes the belief that the USA and its people were “destined” to expand

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