Essays on Westward Expansion

Migration has been a highly significant force in the development of America, without migration America wouldn’t be what it is today. The westward expansion helped stimulate the American economy in an abundant amount of ways. One of the main reasons people migrated west was because…

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson and the United States government purchased land from France, which during this time was led by Napoleon Bonaparte, for $15 million dollars. This was a plot of land on the western side of the Mississippi River in America that was a…

The United States were destined to Expand westward since the U.S.A was gaining people and the U.S. needed more land to benefit the U.S.As growing population, The Westward expansion connected the U.S. to the “Great Western Ocean’ allowing more trade, according to Senator Lewis Cass,…

Some of the challenges that settlers had while moving west was they ran out of food a lot easier since they had more people. Wagons broke down and didn’t have anything to fix it. Also, they didn’t know exactly where they were. They would follow…

While most people believe that the idea of Manifest Destiny was primarily beneficial for American citizens, it ultimately did more harm than good, as many conflicts with the land, people, and animals arose with Native Americans. White settlers moving west found that the Native Americans…

American History: From the Expansion to Urbanization Filled with rich changes and shifts in culture, American history is relatively young but fascinating. From the early dawn of the 19th century where areas west of the Mississippi River were being explored to the growing pains of…

Westward Expansion During the mid-1800s, relocating to the west was a popular movement for American citizens. Many people migrated out west in hopes of a new, better life where they could cultivate their own land and live peacefully. Life on the frontier was trial and…

Native Americans and the American West In 1844, John L. O’Sullivan, editor of the Democratic Review, composed the phrase the “Manifest Destiny” as American westward expansion to the Pacific and cultural superiority of “inferior people.” One group of these “inferior people” were Native Americans, who…