How did the government encourage the idea of Manifest Destiny? What did the government do to make moving west easier?

How did Americans and Native Americans interact? What goals did the government have for Native Americans and their lands?

What was the Trail of Tears and how did it affect Native Americans?

How did the country deal with arguments over slavery? How did the addition of new territory to the U. S. affect the question of slavery?

What compromises were made relating to slavery in the 1800s? What were their effects?

Why did people move west? How did the Gold Rush change California?

How did transportation change in the 1800s? What were some effects of improvements in transportation?

Why did the U. S. go to war with Mexico? How was Texas involved in the war?

What were the effects of the war?

For the first question: The government made land further to the west cheap, using that to persuade people to move.

For the second: For the first period of time, the relationships between the settlers and the Native Americans were good, with lots of trade, but it continued to be more and more strained as more Americans showed up, using more land and resources than was sustainable.

For the third: The Trail of Tears was a trek made by Native Americans away from their land and onto reservations, forced by the American government. Many many people died of illness, exhaustion, or were killed by the American soldiers forcing them along.

For the fourth: Every state was allowed to make their own laws about slavery as the US expanded westward.

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