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Despite the theoretical nature of Manifest Destiny, under its banner, the political, economic and social effects contributed to an age of expansion of western civilization.  The political effects can be shown through the Mexican American War, the social effects through the Alaska Purchase, and the economic effects through the California annexation.

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Resulted FROM the annexation of Texas

Resulted IN the annexation of California

Both are products of the ideas of Manifest Destiny

The Mexican American War is considered political because it changed foreign relations.

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Although manifest destiny led to westward expansion, further promoting the problem that is the institution of slavery and causing political conflicts in congress between the North and South as more territory was added to the union, Manifest destiny was promoted in America as a result of the vast economic opportunities westward expansion provided and to preserve American individualism by making sure that they were the only ones dominating the land.

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Happened due to the Mexican American War

Product of Manifest Destiny

Resulted in the Gold Rush (economic)

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The Alaska Purchase was a direct result of social pressure to expand across the entire North American continent (Manifest Destiny).

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Although Manifest Destiny can be seen as something that is not influenceable, the political, economic, and social changes of the time before it had an incredibly significant effect on the expansion that came from Manifest Destiny in the nineteenth century.

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With the annexations of Texas and California involving the Compromise of 1850, more states were being added to the union and therefore representation in government was increasing. This drew an even bigger divide between the North and the South as the debate over which states would be slave states and which states would be free states. This conflict where the North was against the South over the institution of slavery being legal would eventually lead to the South seceding and the Civil War.

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- Americans felt entitled to the land that Indigenous Americans already occupied.
- The Mormons got persecuted and that led to them leaving to the West.

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Even though American Manifest Destiny and westward expansion was born from nationalism, the new era of western expansion was heavily influenced through expansion of land, physical movements of people and ideas, and movements of money .

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Although Manifest Destiny was a nationalistic concept that hurt many Native Americans, continued the growth and reliance of slavery, and brought the the rise of sectional conflicts within congress. The political, economic, and social changes under its name significantly contributed to the expansion of the nation because of an economic expansion in farming, socially a desire to fight for their territories, and political treaties that expanded America's reach. This period also led to the perseverance and development of American individualism.

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The Indian removal act played a part as it made manifest destiny easier

Oregan, Texas, California, and Alaska annexes also cemented Manifest destiny's role in politics and led to its growth.

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The preemption act spread the US territorial claims and improved them thus increasing the economy and growing manifest destiny

All state annexations and purchases also served to grow the philosophy of manifest destiny and the Mexican American war served to gain even more territory of the US.

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Although political, economic, and social changes shaped by The Indian Removal act and The Preemption act of 1841  promoted a new era of expansion under the ideals of manifest destiny, events such as the Gadsden Purchase rose disagrements regarding slavery and political conflict on how to establish the territory acquired.

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The Indian Removal act was a significant event in American history where Andrew Jackson undermined the Supreme Court's ruling to push the Indians out of Georgia, grounded on the ideas that Manifest Destiny allowed any means to be taken to acquire that western land, while the Indians were seen as being in the way of that.

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Although the notion of Manifest Destiny is seen as an influential concept, many events such as economic growth, the expulsion of American Indians, and the expansion of territory to the west influenced many political, social, and economic developments.

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Westward expansion brought an enormous amount of land with it which all led to various economic opportunities such as agriculture in Texas and other newer states in the South. There was a lot more opportunity for more industry in the Northern parts of the new land as well with the invention of the telegraph providing better communications and the transcontinental railroad to transport resources throughout the country. The preemption act also allowed squatters to purchase land for a much cheaper cost than normal if they maintained and lived on the land for at least 5 years.

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was approved and enforced by President Andrew Jackson. This act allowed for the forced removal of Native American tribes from their already claimed lands to land west of the Mississippi River.

During and following drafting of the act, Jackson included incentives for the Indians to make relocation seem more appeasing. Financial compensation and protection by the federal government were promised.

At the time, those who believed in the idea of the Manifest Destiny, thought that the Native Americans were halting them from further expanding the nation.

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The Preemption act allowed for squatters to purchase western lands for very cheap in the agreement that for at least 5 years they would improve the land everyday. Economic change in the way the federal government put land up for cheap to be able to get a hold on western lands easier because of the ideas of Manifest Destiny.

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The California Annexation brought many disagreements between the Americans and Californios (Mexicans living on the Californian lands) because the Americans wanted to push the Mexicans and Indians out. Several other disagreements came within the country regarding slave and free states and how each should be chosen.

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The Preemption Act permitted "squatters” who were living on federal government owned land to purchase up to 160 acres  at a very low price before the land was to be offered for sale to the general public. The act stated that an individual was allowed to acquire federal land and claim it as one's property. However, for the claimant to preserve ownership over the land, the claimant had to do legitimize the claim

be actively residing on the land.

be consistently working to improve the land'

New Territory was up for grabs and people wanted it- to build communities, further expand the nation, continue to industrialize, etc… The Preemption Act essentially promoted exploration of the newly obtained territories and allowed for landowners to pave the way for further expansion.

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westward expansion to the Mormons meant to move west to flee from persecution and settle and create a community where they could feel safe, and express their religious ideals freely

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A key example of the social impact of Manifest Destiny is the Mormon's travel along the overland trails. After their prophet was murdered and violence against them increased, Brigham Young moved his people West. This movement shows how Manifest Destiny inspired civilians to take their situations into their own hands and motivated them to move west to protect their people and beliefs. They believed that they had the right to travel wherever in the country that they needed to be safe.

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The Mexican-American War brought various political changes into American society. It changed foreign relations and It nearly doubled the United States' size. This sparked a controversy between Northerners and Southerners about what to do with the newly acquired land.

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The United States removed the Native Americans with the Indian Removal Act and all other European influence in order to maintain American dominance from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. Over the years they would purchase land from European countries such as Alaska from Russia and Oregon from Britain. They also removed Mexican influence in the region through the Mexican-American war. This made westward expansion easier for America and also made sure that all the land was controlled by America and not interfered with by any other group.

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Native Americans, according to those who believed in Manifest Destiny, were preventing them from going westward. In the years leading up to the Indian Removal Act's approval. The concept of Manifest Destiny increased the importance of education. Many Americans believed Indians were not civil enough to operate in this new society. They were socially brought down in new society.

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Westward expansion was inspired by and influenced by the economic opporuntities and movement of money. As land opens up, like the Annexation of Texas in 1845, and California's Annexation, more opportunities for people arise. Land opens up and people are able to make more money with this new and rich land.

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As Manifest destiny moved towards the idea of expansion, the U.S. became involved with wars like the Mexican American War and the Pig War with Britain.  At the end of both wars the U.S. was able to acquire land from Mexico (Texas, California, etc.) and Britain (Oregon).

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The California Annexation brought much significant change to the economy. The Gold Rush brought hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world, propelling the state of California to independence in 1850.