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Manifest Destiny And Western Expansion

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Population boomed because of immigrant going for the open land and americans reproducing like crazy after the war. During the western expansion Americans justified the things they did as something that god would want, like going westward. Some americans did stuff like kick natives off their land and fooled them into selling their land cheaper than it actually was. Manifest destiny went in the favor of white people and against natives and african americans. Manifest destiny helped americans have a reason to go west which resulted in more people getting land which caused war. Wars like the Mexican - American War. Even though western expansion caused wars, it also helped the population grow because immigrants wanted the land that had become available
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