During the 1800s, the federal government promoted the idea of westward expansion in various ways. This idea was called Manifest Destiny, or expansion across the continent. As a result, this expansion changed the shape as well as the sense of this country. The United States used numerous means to obtain this land and consequently it has impacted many people economically, socially, as well as politically. The expansion of the United States had many positive, as well as negative effects on the people…
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