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    Assess the impact of westward expansion of Native Americans between 1803 and 1890 Westward expansion was a predominant objective during the 19th century in the USA; the desire to discover the frontier proved detrimental to the Native Americans. The Native Americans found few benefits from Westward expansion. Not all tribes were as badly affected by westward expansion however the general consensus was that the Native Americans were persecuted due to Westward expansion. Before the Louisiana Purchase

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    The expansion of America from the thirteen colonies across the entire continent was known as westward expansion. In 1845‚ John O’Sullivan‚ a newspaper editor that was writing about the possible annexation of Texas‚ coined the term Manifest Destiny. “Manifest Destiny…to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions” (Wexler 96). Manifest Destiny inspired a 29-year old named Stephen F. Austin to talk grandly of colonizing the Mexican province

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    The North and The South After 4 grueling years‚ The Civil War finally came to an end on May 9th‚ 1865. Most believed the Civil War was started was because of the “Free states” (The North) and the “Slave states” (The South) couldn’t come to a compromise over the power of national government to stop slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and vowed to keep slavery out of territories. The Civil war is an incredibly crucial part of history

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    Between 1492 and 1763 the colonies were growing and improving their conditions from before when they had lived in Britain. Although the colonist all came for a similar reason of escaping religious persecution and had the same idea when it came to organizing their colony‚ they did however have a difference in class organization and how they were to go about in their trading and farming economy. The south and the north may have been comparable but they were also two totally diverse colonies at the

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    America’s acquisition of the West took huge strides during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A major move in American history towards this innuendo was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803‚ under Thomas Jefferson. It was a land deal between the United States and France‚ in which the United States acquired more than 800‚000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. Another major factor was the result of the Mexican-American War in 1848‚ the Treaty of Guadalupe. It was a peace treaty that

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    English Citizens who came over to the New World either ended up in the North or the South. As the people began to thrive there; differences‚ especially in the economy‚ began to become more prominent between two. They type of land the English landed on was the driving factor in the separations of the economy between the North and the South. The climate in the North was very different from the climate in the South. In the North you had four distinct seasons‚ which limited farming abilities. Which

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    The North-South Divide In a system rooted in competition what happens if one side gains a dominant advantage? Theory dictates that the capital will flow and that production will increase on the side of the disadvantaged‚ but what if the dominant power decides to change the rules and make its dominance more absolute? These are questions fueling the discussion of North-South conflict. Many reasons for these problems existing have been explained‚ and also many different conclusions on ways to remedy

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    Notions of freedom differed widely between the North and the South‚ mostly on the issue of slavery. This became such a difficult issue that Parties were split‚ the differences between parties grew much larger‚ and the North and the South were divided along geographical lines on slavery. James Shannon describes this when he says “Besides‚ were it at all allowable to apply ridicule to subjects involving such momentous issues‚ it might justly be called supremely and contemptibly ridiculous to characterize

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    Slavery was like an addiction that the south could not break. Although it provided economic benefits to both the north and the south‚ the addiction or “curse” bound the people to the downfalls of slavery as well. Slavery created an oligarchy of which a small aristocracy of slave-owners would dominate political‚ economic‚ and social affairs of both races. The institutions negative impact on the South‚ and even the entire nation would eventually lead to the civil war. The institution of slavery oppressed

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    There are plenty of different ways people lived in the North and South. They had multiple differences such as geography. There’s not many differences in geography than their ways of transportation. As well as their ways of keeping and controlling a society. They all lived quite differently. The differences in their geography aren’t multiple. The North had fertile and coastal plains which helped them with farming. It also would help with a supply of more food. They also had large and thick forests

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