Title: Manifest Destiny: Impacts on Economics and Politics by Nesikah Wragg
Headings: Manifest Destiny: Impacts on Economics and Politics
Manifest Destiny: Impacts on Economics and Politics
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Manifest Destiny:
Influences on the North
What is Manifest Destiny?
Industrialization Intro
Industrialization
Impacts on Economics and Politics
New Market
Immigrants
Perspective on Manifest Destiny
Influence on the West
Population Growth
Farming and Agriculture
Westward Settlement
Commerce
Gold Rush
Reflection
Influence on the South
Influence on Mexicans
Influence on Native American
Cotton Gin
Gold Rush
Texas
California Gold Rush
Westward Expansion
Exploitation of Native Americans
1848-1855
Native Americans
Wilmot's Proviso
Trading
Trading - spread of Diseases
Negative Impacts

Content: Web. 12 Nov. 2014. <http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=war_mexican>. Influence on the West
Population Growth
Farming and Agriculture
Westward Settlement
Farmers began to move west and expand their farms into even larger fields, producing more crops
Crop specialization started to take place
Large families were considered an asset for farmers
As a result, the US experienced an increased birth rate
The population also grew as a result of immigration
New territories were needed to accommodate the rapid growth
As a result of Manifest Destiny, land in the west was being sold for low cost. The government passed the Homestead Act (160 acres of land, work for 5 years before ownership)
In some cases land was free
Commerce
Gold Rush
The gold rushes brought many more people to the west
They were hoping to get rich by panning for gold
They also brought many immigrants to the west in search of profit from gold
The US started building ports and increasing trade with countries in the Pacific
Farmers also began selling to far-away markets
Relied upon cash and credit
They also began to deal with regional merchants
Reflection
Manifest Destiny sped up the split between the North and the South and the issue of slavery
Manifest Destiny strengthened the economy in U.S.
Influence on the South
New Land Acquisition
Division of the North and South
More Powerful Economy
Influence on Mexicans
Influence on Native American
Cotton Gin
Gold Rush
Texas
Gold was discovered in California in 1848
Many Americans left their jobs to try to strike rich
Businesses prospered off new settlers out west
Encouraged settlers to continue expanding
Led to the rapid growth of California
Made cotton the leading crop of the South
Slavery's demand went up
The South was now tied to cotton and slavery
Manifest Destiny and profits fueled westward expansion
Mexico allowed Americans to settle in Texas if they followed its rules and traditions
The American settlers wanted to follow their own ideals instead
Tensions and American's belief in Manifest Destiny led to the Mexican-American War
Americans took Texas and also fueled westward expansion
Americans traded and Exchanged goods with the Natives
Many consequences of westward expansion on Native Americans; disease, desire for land
Many Native Americans began to adapt to American culture
Loss of land
gold rush
generals in command
effects of war
California Gold Rush
Westward Expansion
Exploitation of Native Americans
1848-1855
Before European settlers arrived, an estimated 300,000 native people lived in small villages throughout the area. In the nineteenth century, many workers migrated to California after James Marshall struck gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. Westward expansion had serious consequences for Native Americans since continental expansion implicitly meant the occupation and annexation of their lands. Native Americans
Wilmot's Proviso
Overpriced items at an isolated mining camp. By 1870 - Native people on reservation without access to their home land.