by Charlie Peters

Positive Aspects

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:01:04 UTC

Negative Aspects

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:03:22 UTC

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:22:14 UTC

Many People Died

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:23:19 UTC

Many People Passed away while going west on the Oregon trail, people were ill prepared for the trip.

Native Americans

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:26:17 UTC

We pushed the Native Americans away from the Oregon trail which lead to Tensions because we pretty much took away there water source.

Mexican-American War

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:35:12 UTC

Due to tensions with the Mexicans after the Texas Revolution, United States citizens were killed by the Mexicans which lead to the Mexican-American War.

My Viewpoint

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:39:37 UTC

I believe that Manifest Destiny had a lot of benefits to it, although their were a lot of negatives, I think it was something that this country needed, We acquired a lot of new land, and I think it spiked national pride having our country stretch from sea to shining sea.

California Gold Rush

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:46:20 UTC

Manifest Destiny lead to the discovery in gold in California attracted many people to go out west.

Trans-Continental Railroad

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:48:55 UTC

The settlement out west lead to the Trans-Continental rail road which made transportation to the west much easier.

Abundance of New Land

cpet5814 — 2014-11-11 18:51:51 UTC

During the time of Manifest destiny and the second great awakening,the United States acquired a lot more land.