Native American Western Expansion

government has unspecified and unorganized policies, which were unprotected for Native Americans who lived in the west because of all the new coming Americans. During westward expansion, a majority of who moved were whites, who didn’t know the Native Americans who already lived in the west. The Natives felt their land was being conquered, because of the U.S government policies(Louisana Purchase & Homestead Act) and the whites not wanting them to be there, which lead to fighting between the Natives and the whites. These acts and policies such as the Indian Removal Act often resulted in violated treaties and violence. The Indian Removal Act was the removal of Native American homes and tribes. “This also confines the Indians to still narrower limits, destroys that game which in their normal state, and constitutes their principal means of subsistence.” Resulting in westward expansion, Native Americans began rapidly decreasing in the area by wars and new diseases caught by new coming

During westward expansion, the Native Americans got kicked to the side. The settlers coming west often saw the Indians as a threat to them and their families. However, this was not the main reason the Indians were pushed aside. The settlers saw the Indians had fertile land and wanted it for themselves. The Indians were the opposite of what the settlers thought they were. The Indians often helped the people moving west across the plains; giving them food, supplies, and acting as guides. However, the U.S. Government did not see this side of the Indians, instead they forced the Indians onto reservations. During the time of the expansion of the United States to the present, the Native Americans went through many things so that the United States could expand; they were pushed onto reservations, and forced to give up their culture through the Ideas of Manifest Destiny and Social Darwinism.

A positive humanitarian effect of westward expansion is that it increased a sense of patriotism. Although the treatment of the Native Americans was indeed in humane but during the times, the thought process was different. Many people agreed that Manifest destiny was justified because of the growing population and also it was a god given right. In addition, the white settler believed that it was their duty to help the Native Americans. This brought people together to set out on missions to do what they believe what they think is right. On the contrary, seeing the inhumane treatment of the Native Americans allowed more people to speak up and take a stand.The wars between the Native Americans and settlers could have potentially showed the any side the repercussions of violence bringing people together to find more convenient solutions. The idea of Manifest Destiny and movement of Westward expansion hit the Native American hard. As the movement westward increased, the discovery of gold on native American lands resulted in the

The United States westward expansion is part of the reason the country has become what it is today, but was it morally right to do so? Expansion west at the time was called Manifest Destiny and many Americans believed it to be their god given right or even their duty to conquer the western expanse of mountains and grassland; however to do this many Native American tribes were pushed out of the land that they had occupied for many generations. Natives weren't the only ones to be mistreated. Land what was then Mexican controlled was settle by American pioneers and eventually conquered ignoring national treaties the two countries previously held. The United States westward expansion (Manifest Destiny) was unjust and not only ignored human rights but also made national treaties obsolete.

The result of Western settlement was devastating. The outcome of the war strongly impacted and profoundly conformed Western Expansion to a new war filled with greed and frantic need for better transportation. Gold rush, the whites antagonized a war on the Indians, knowing their chances of defeat were strong, not because they were incapable, but because they were willing to believe the false promises and would’ve rather sacrificed their land instead of causing bloodshed. Native Americans were held accountable by the law, yet they were left unprotected from the law with no legal rights. The native Americans were considered peaceful and useful towards the American White Settlers and U.S. Army until they got in the way of expansion of the Railroad system during the Homestead act, giving away land that did not belong to them in the first

Westward expansion was a new thing and time in our country and had many impacts on the American people and ways of life. The government made it available to buy a lot more of land in the West. Our government gave opportunities for people to move west for a better life or more land in the west. The government gave opportunities like the homestead act where the government would give families 160 acres of land if they moved west at the time this deal was going on. This act was signed into law by President Lincoln in 1862. People moved west for any opportunity they could. People moved for a new life, more land, and more opportunities in

The expansion meant the robbery and takeover of the Native American’s land by “legal purchases.” They were negotiated and signed by tribal members who didn’t have the authority to do so and some didn’t have the lack of knowledge of what they were signing. Once they signed they were forced out of their land, also known as “trail of tears”. The Indians were encouraged to sell their lands and become what they called “civilized people.” Which would soon be the end of the culture, as we knew it. Once they became civilized people, they could get jobs and be farmers like white men could do.

The Westward expansion allowed the United States to gain more land. “Between the end of the Civil War and 1890, eight new western states entered the Union.” The land the government forcibly took from the Native Americans was freely given to farmers and miners. This stolen land helped grow the American economy. In an effort to “whiten”

The appearance of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere created a major change in the Native Americans’ lives. We know this because, “As historian James Merrel has described, the invaders created a “new world” for Native Americans…” (2). We can tell that their lives had changed because before they came, they didn’t have to worry about giving their land away or other people taking it. The invasion caused the Native Americans to suffer a lot because they couldn’t live like how they did before the Europeans came. They had to try their best to

The topic examined gives a clear understanding of what happened to the Native Americans during the expansion of America. The story is interesting, but at the same time sad. The sources used to write the topic were detailed, giving an exact picture of what took place during that period. History.com solely talks about the westward expansion which began in 1803 after President Thomas Jefferson bought the land. This created the need to exile the Native Americans living there. The site explains in detail the events that took place from the time the land was purchased to the time the Native Americans were forced to leave.

As the English wanted to expand their own territory this affected the Indians which were the previous owners of the New World. English did not no more room for the Indians. The new lands were claimed right away by new settlers. As a result, Indians were moved more westward, driving them out of their homes.

The role that the Native American tribes played in the development of the West is very minimal. The white man came through and killed all the buffalo to profit from the sale of the hides. Even though the natives fought the white man to preserve their way of life, in the end, reservations were established and they were all forced to live on them. To make matters worse,

Prior to the European invasion, the Native American Indians inhabited both North and South America, most of them living in areas beyond the reach of railroads and well-traveled highways. The Europeans and Native Americans met episodically through war, resulting in a clash of culture and social integration. Interestingly, during times of geographical expansion, the American government usually had their greatest interest in the Indians. The United States population doubled every twenty years between the years of 1800 and 1900, while the population of indigenous people declined. With the decline of their population, the Indians were met with a difficult task of preserving their culture. They had to choose whether to make life easier and assimilate to society or maintain their old traditional ways which presented many difficulties.

The westward expansion in 1800s which was big leap for Americans as it expanded the territory and brought new businesses to the states. But for expansion U.S government deliberately pushed the Native Americans to the west to provide shelter to the new settlers. But as a matter of fact in providing shelter to the new shelter the abandon the native populus and pushed them away from their own grounds. In these above situation the power of majority overrides the idea of rights of few like native americans

During the westward expansion the Indians were the only Texans who had any real knowledge of the land west of the present day Interstate Highway 35. Soon settlers began to push homesteads farther west into this uncharted region. The new explorers faced several dangers such as weather, water shortages, and uncertain relations with Indians. New explorations and developments in transportation and establishments brought more movement to the west. Residents began arriving in the west hoping to get rich land and political representation. The men and women who went out to establish the last frontier lived lives that would decisively shape the American character. The settlement of the frontier was driven by profit and political purpose. U.S. citizens pursued the work and adventure of subduing their country’s last frontier. Settling the frontier brought out the best and worst in people of all varieties that wanted to make their mark in the west.