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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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    Civil war From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see civil war (disambiguation). See list of civil wars for individual examples. A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture‚ society or nationality fight for political power or control of an area. Some civil wars are also categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency‚ whether successful or not‚ is likely to be classified

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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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    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 physically connected

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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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    The Civil War was one of the largest and most destructive in the Western world‚ and one that would determine what kind of nation America would be. It provided a foundation for the equality of African Americans and sparked the beginning of the women’s rights movement as well. This war divided the developing country‚ destroyed crops‚ cities‚ and railroad lines‚ and claimed 625‚000 lives. The Industrial Revolution that occured in the first few decades of the 19th century brought about a machine age

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    The westward expansion of the United States allowed a countless amount of people to seek new opportunities‚ whether it be more land‚ money‚ or simply freedom. People of various cultures traveled west in hopes of a better life. However‚ there were already indigenous people that were thriving‚ historically undisturbed by European influence. There were numerous tribes of Native Americans that had their own land and cultures. The rush to expand west negatively impacted Native Americans by either forever

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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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    The Westward Expansion: Manifest Destiny The Manifest Destiny is defined as a widely held belief in the U.S that settlers were destined to expand across North America . Before the American colonies won their independence in the Revolutionary War‚ settlers were moving West into what is now known as the states Kentucky and Tennessee‚ along with parts of the Ohio Valley and some in the southern regions. At the end of the War of 1812 there was the Indian Removal Act people had to worry about ‚ in 1830

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    Life was difficult for the Native Americans during the westward expansion of white settlers one example of this was the Indian Removal Act. This act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830 gave Federal government the power to move any Native tribe‚ resulting in 5 major Natives tribes being forcibly relocated. Then using the Indian Removal Act 12‚000 Cherokee were forced to move out of their land during winter causing 4‚000 Cherokee deaths due to hunger‚ cold and disease. Another example

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