The west went through a lot of economical changes throughout half a century that left many impacts in our lives today. There were many people and events that changed the west but three main ideas that I"d like to mention which influenced the West's development are miners, cattlemen and farmers. All three of these social groups left an impact on the land and the development of the western region. From the 1850's to 1900, these three groups were vital to the western region. .
The west gave new opportunities to settlers and Native Americans as well new land for living and animals for food and other valuable items. In 1858, committed miners traveled west, onto the Rockies, when they heard that gold had been discovered. Other groups, such as the "Fifty-niners" spread into Nevada, where they mined gold and silver which was worth almost 350 million dollars. Big ore-breaking machinery was brought over to crush the gold-bearing quartz. This procedure was very expensive and was often only performed by wealthy corporations. As technology advanced over the years, miners took over these heavy roles once played by corporations. These miners and their job played important roles in the development of the west. Gold that was in the mountains in the west attracted a great population and with this population, came wealth. The west publicized new living and working opportunities for both the males and females. The women found new rights in the new lands, gaining suffrage in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. The west also provided them with more of an equality than they would have gotten on the east coast. Mining the gold also helped with the new means of transportation, such as the railroad and it also helped fund the Civil War.
The west, abundant with cattle, brought a lot of working opportunities for cattlemen. They were able to create a big business for the west which was cattle raising. Since railroads were introduced to the west, it was a lot easier for the cattlemen to transport their cattle from one place to another.
The United States expanded into the American West and some island territories. ... This expansion affected two main things, urbanization and immigration. ... The Homestead Act was passed in the west. ... Supporters for expansion denied that the U.S. sought to annex foreign lands. By 1900, the U.S. had world power. ...
The proud history widely recognized by most Americans, focuses on the story of the Puritans quest for freedom and the expansion west as natural extension of this movement to the new continent. ... However, from the perspective of the black slaves or Native Americans, the story of our heritage and the subsequent expansion west is much less than heroic. ... In the early 1800's when the removal concept was born and implemented, no one ever thought there would ever be a need to continue expansion west of the Mississippi. By the mid-century it became clear that the U.S. expansion was going t...
The proud history widely recognized by most Americans, focuses on the story of the Puritans quest for freedom and the expansion west as natural extension of this movement to the new continent. ... However, from the perspective of the black slaves or Native Americans, the story of our heritage and the subsequent expansion west is much less than heroic. ... In the early 1800's when the removal concept was born and implemented, no one ever thought there would ever be a need to continue expansion west of the Mississippi. By the mid-century it became clear that the U.S. expansion was going t...
A lot of agriculture in the world today comes from the mid-west of the United State. ... After the Spanish-American war, America started to buy land that wasn't on the continent; they wanted to expand into the oceans and further. ... Beveridge in a speech to Congress in the Congressional Record (1900), it said that because of the expansion into the Philippines as a result the U.S. wont and it can't stop trading but because of the U.S. owning the Philippines the trade with Asia and America will only increase, and the reason why this has happened to the U.S. is because it is part of Go...
Marveled be newly discovered wonders we set west to undiscovered lands. ... We as a nation believed that the land west was to be ours, if not it was to belong to someone else. ... During this time period the U.S. offered regulations such as these to the Indians and the Mexicans. ... The Philippines was an area strictly brought into interest simply by location. ... This is where the differences come into play, before the objective was Manifest Destiny now the United States is not to be out done. ...
Even before Polk got into power there was still a large degree of political intrigue over expansion, in the west especially. ... So then the government had to move west also, confirming the expansion territorially. Backed by the popular belief of Manifest Destiny the American people's greed came into effect in the mid 1840's especially. ... This greedy attitude combined with a sort of arrogance was a large factor in the expansion of U.S. territory especially in Mexico. The factors of the expansion of the U.S. can all be attributed in some way to the initial arrogance, the i...
Manifest Destiny: American Territorial Expansion - Houston Holdren Manifest Destiny was an ideology that United States expansion into new territories was inevitable and predestined. ... White Americans ceaselessly pursued west, taking land with which they had no legal right. ... In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, exchanging 50,000 square miles of Mexican land to the U.S. for 15 million dollars. ... After the war, filibustering, another tactic of U.S. territorial expansion, was also driven against Spanish Florida, Mexican Texas, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean Islands. ......
Expansionism in the U.S. has occurred for many reasons. ... Although the continuation of the United States' expansionism was limited, they continued to stay true to the Monroe Doctrine and the belief that they were chosen by god to lead the world into the future. ... This idea continued through the end of the century and into the next. ... The U.S. has both strayed from its previous ideas through the new expansionism such as the navy and new foreign policies and stayed true to the founding ideals, such as Manifest Destiny. The imperialist ideals and highly effective policies and notions ...
The West and The Middle East This report examines differences in the business cultures of the US and the Middle East, specifically the Arab nations. ... This information basically comes to the conclusion that the business culture of Arab countries is very different from that of the West, however, they are very similar in basic belief of reliability and honesty. .Introduction The methods of conducting business in Arab nations can be very different from those in the West, but the basic principles are consistent across cultures. ... Gross Differences First I would like to start with facts a...