Westward Expansion Research Paper

The Westward Expansion Migration While migrating west about fifteen thousand immigrants,which is approximately fifteen percent, are estimated to have died on the Oregon Trail.The Westward Expansion Migration was the migration of about seven million people to the west via the Oregon trail, in 1803 through 1840. The expansion gave America more and new types of land, which includes more farmland.The expansion also doubled the size of the United States and helped the population grow. The Westward Expansion Migration was an important part of America's history because it expanded America’s border. Some of the individuals involved in the Westward Expansion Migration were John L.O’Sullivan, Lucinda Brown, and Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. …show more content…
Despite the major difference in their personalities, they were appointed by Thomas Jefferson, who was the president at the time, to go on an expedition. Simultaneously Lewis and Clark went on a two thousand mile expedition to find a way to travel west via water because trains were not invented at the time of the westward expansion. Lewis and Clark were chosen for the expedition by Thomas Jefferson because of their knowledge and experience. They went on the expedition to explore and discover a path through the land bought in the Louisiana Purchase in order to travel west. However, Lewis nor Clark could not find a water path fit for boats due to the fact that the Rocky mountains stopped their path. Instead they found a new path, together they discovered the path of the Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail was the path in which seven million people migrated to the west on, using …show more content…
The expansion expanded the borders and gave America more land. It presented the United States with new types of land and elevated the population. The Westward expansion migration led to more important events of American history., some of the important event it led to are the gold rush in California, Texas becoming a United States state, the Mexican American war, and the Battle of Alamo. These four individuals are only a few people who are important or were involved in the westward expansion migration. Nevertheless they each had an impact on the westward expansion migration both Lewis and Clark found the path of the Oregon trail, Sullivan helped influence people to migrate west and purchase more land, and Brown help historians understand what it would have been like on the Oregon