Summary:
The westward expansion of the United States negatively affected the Native American and Mexican American inhabitants of the West. Both encountered the outright taking of land by Anglo-American newcomers, and both fought losing battles in an effort to maintain their land, their rights, and their social standing.
America was expanding at such a rapid pace that those who were in America before us had no time to anticipate what was happening. This change in lifestyle affected not only Americans but everyone who lived in the land. Changing traditions, the get rich quick idea and other things were the leading causes of westward expansion. But whatever happened to those who were caught in the middle, those who were here before us"
One of those many whom roamed the land before Americans decided that they owned were the Native Americans. Many tribes had reigning governments and tribal counsels also a way of life. With westward expansion brought changes. Many Americans were killing their live stock, the food which they ate, also Americans were settling more and more on the Indians lands. In time Indians began to fight back and take what had been theirs. Once this happened the Americans decided to make the Indians like Americans, so we took their land and tried to make them Americans. But this was only one group that we affected, another was the Mexicans.
Mexicans were happy with their lives and the amount of territory they occupied. They were not trying to take over the world nor conquer America. But when American life came to the west all that changed. Americans wanted more land so we stole it form he Mexicans. By taking the Mexicans land we fought many battles that we unneeded. Mexicans adapted very quickly to the American lifestyle and began to populate many farms and towns in the US. But some were not as pleasant to change with the times. Most Mexicans were thought of as dirty and below Americans, so in that way were treated. But overcoming that Mexicans were hard workers and took many jobs at that time for lower wages, the same is true to this day.
Both the Mexicans and Indians fought many battles for rights, land and social issues but in the end they lost. Why is this? Mainly due to the greediness of Americans at the time, they would d anything for more money and it came at the expense of Indians and Mexicans. Both had common suffrage but in the end they came out with less then they had began with. So in conclusion. Americans brutalized both these races and came out atop. Their land was sold for the greed that Americans harbored and all that was left was their traditions.
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