Westward expansion did indeed have negative consequences for the development of democracy in the United States.
It should be borne in mind that America was a young nation at that time, which was still in a process of national organization and, therefore, did not have fully consolidated political structures.
Even so, the westward expansion fueled the conflict between slaveholders and abolitionists, generating different agreements such as the Compromise of 1820 or the Compromise of 1850 that altered to a greater or lesser extent the organization and structure of national democracy.
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A township is a legal division of a territory, consisting of 36 sections.
When Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, he
used a rhetorical writing style that was the standard during the 18th
century. The goal was to build towards a climax. By stating life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness as unalienable rights that should be enjoyed by all men he
set the tone for the rest of the document. The succeeding list described how
the British violated these rights in an order where the worst violations were
placed last.
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Chinese people were migrating to the west coast to find fortune in the Gold Rush, you can imagine why they didn't like this. It was not cool for them to take away their fortune. Later on they passed an Act called the Chinese Exclusion Act, it purpose was to ban entry to Chinese people except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials for 10 years. Due to scarce work, political pressure was put on the government to restrict Asian immigration.