The Causes and Effects of Westward Expansion and Mannifest Destiny
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- I hope we can get this land, France is not a good neighbor to have
- Loisiana Purchase1803
- We are willing to pay 10 million dollars for the port of New Orleans
- How about the entire Loisana territory for 15 million dollars?
- Andrew Jackson Passes the Indian Removal Act1830
- I, Andrew Jackson believe that we should be able to create treaties with the red man forcing him to leave our great empire!
- Texas Annexes Itself Into the US1845
- Annexation is the right thing to do for our people. We won our independence, but running a country is harder
- I agree, let's hold a vote for annexing into the United States.
- From the perspestive or the US The Loisiana Purchase was signifuicant because it created the idea of being able to buy land as if it it was a term in a treaty. Native americans on this land also were affected because their land would maybe be places of conflict with settlers.
- 49th or Fight! The Acqisition of Oregon Territory 1844
- This act created the idea of forcing indigenous people onto select land, chosen by the US government, which was sort of a precursor to the reservation system. Native americans were forced onto land which was worse than their former land.
- Mexican-American War1846-1848
- Texas annexing itself into the US changed the balances on the slavery discussion in the US government, Texas being a pro-slavery state gave the south a bit of an advantage. This also made Mexico angry, contributing to the Mexican-American War.
- Conflicts in the West 1851-1890
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- Reservation
- This way
- The US accomplished Mannifest Destiny by expanding the country all the way to the Pacific Ocean. But this land would soom become a place of conflict between white settlers and native tribes.
- President Polk just bought this land, the US has spread now all the way to the pacific!
- 49th, or fight! What a great campaign slogan. I even voted for him.
- After the war, the US gained the land in the southwest, and the people in it became US citizens whether they liked it or not. Gold was also found on this land causing lots of settlers to move into this area, contributing to the gold rush in California..
- These conflicts lead to native americans' ways of life changing, tribes were forced to live on reservations. White people grew somewhat of a bias about native people, about how they were savages.
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