There was not one specific date, Westward Expansion happened over a long period of time.
The Civil War significantly accelerated the western movement in the United States by prompting the federal government to focus on westward expansion as a means of economic recovery and national unity. After the war, policies such as the Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged settlement by offering land to settlers, while the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 facilitated transportation and trade. Additionally, the war's aftermath saw an influx of veterans seeking new opportunities and land in the West, further driving the expansion. Overall, the Civil War shifted attention and resources towards the development of the western territories, shaping the nation's future.
Because it was getting harder to create new slave-states, so the South was increasingly outvoted in Congress.
Westward expansion and the Civil War are closely related as the push for new territories heightened tensions over the issue of slavery. As settlers moved west, debates arose about whether new states would permit slavery, leading to conflicts like "Bleeding Kansas." This struggle intensified sectional divisions between the North and South, ultimately contributing to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. The expansionist policies and the desire to maintain a balance of power in Congress between free and slave states were pivotal in the lead-up to the conflict.
This movement profoundly affected the American character, as it encouraged individual initiative; it made for political and economic democracy; it roughened manners; it broke down conservatism; it bred a spirit of local self-determination coupled with respect for national authority.
lots of Indians and people from the civil war
What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help contribute to
What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help contribute to
westward. -jlopardo
westward
foreign diplomacy...:which of these did not contribute to the outbreak of the civil war
which of these did not contribute to the outbreak of the civil war
Yes. But it really began to expand westward after the Civil War.
The cotton gin
Plains Indians objected to westward settlement before the civil war because it divided traditional buffalo hunting grounds.
Because new opportunities and technological advances led to westward migration
No. She was a spy during the Civil War