Mrs. Ennis: East High School History Classes
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Westward Expansion

Americans were seeking land and opportunities outside of the crowded, newly industrialized cities in the late 1800s.  There was a large migration west which was met with much Native American resistance.  Due to the belief in Manifest Destiny, many Americans felt it was there moral right and duty to move west in order "civilize" the land regardless of the impact on the existing inhabitants

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