Some people wonder how the United States was able to become so large in size. They wonder how the country was able to acquire so much land. Well, between 1803 and 1861, the United States almost tripled in size because of what we call the Westward Expansion. In the early 1800s, the west of the United States was thousands of miles of open fertile land with forests, mountains, rivers and plains populated by native groups. But many patriotic Americans believed it was their fate to spread the idea of
Westward Expansion The Westward expansion led our country to expand across the continent. This effected many peoples lives giving great opportunities for money and for families. However, as thousands started to move to the West, Native Americans who lived in the West peacefully were in conflicts with the dramatic changes by the settlers and the results led them to be forcefully removed from their homes. People who migrated to the West to get acres of land for free and start a new life were called
The topic of our ethical reasoning and global solutions project is genocide. As student two I am focusing my research on a local form of genocide which is the Manifest Destiny. The manifest destiny occurred in the 19th century around the year of 1840. It is known as the American belief that the expansion of the United States westward was foreseeable. The term “manifest destiny” and the idea behind it first came from the annexation of Texas. Which led to an event that came to be know as The Mexican-American
population westwards authorized by the U.S. government in 1830 presupposed forced migration of the civilized tribes such as Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Seminole and Muscogee. After the Removal Act implementation, a large number of Natives was removed from the territory in the south east of the continent to the west of Mississippi, though most of them were reluctant to leave their land and were eventually faced with inhumane conditions of migration, diseases and death. This expansion of the U.S
Sterlin Harjo are not familiar names to most, but they will be some day. The insanely funny sketch comedy group call themselves The 1491s. Comedy is a form of creative art, and requires the talent, but that is not what is being addressed in this research paper. The group is gaining popularity through their videos and Director Sterlin Harjo has played a small part in some of the filmmaking process. The 1491s’ short films use sarcasm, critiques of non-native Americans, and white society’s expectations