The consequences of the Westward Expansion include purchases, wars, trails, compromises, and impacts on social groups. The Westward Expansion of the United States was responsible for making the country a powerful and dominant nation.
Westward Expansion generally had negative effects on the Native Americans. Native Americans were forced to live on reservations. The buffalo, an important resource, experienced rapid population decline. Military conflict between Whites and Native Americans resulted in many deaths.
Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence.
