Western Expansion Argumentative Analysis

The idea of western expansion was promoted in order to strengthen the reputation and the entirety of the infant country. This was appropriated and romanticized through texts and documents, such as Manifest Destiny and the message promoting Indian Removal Act, uses various appeals and logical fallacies to persuade the audience on the ideal benefits and optimistic virtues without the consideration of the Native American demographic. While expanding, the Americans encountered numerous Native Americans that ranged from a violent interaction to a peaceful treaty of removal in order to satisfy their territorial cupidity. Despite America resorting back to its founding principles to justify their expansion, there is an evident strain in the relationship …show more content…
It’s morally unjust to take away or disrespect a person’s religion due to the fact that a religion is a personal aspect of their culture and lifestyle. Whether it's to believe or not believe, taking someone's belief away is like oppressing their individuality. Considerably, if one was to disrespect the sacred religion of Christianity, which is a common belief and manipulative fallacy in texts that were pro-expansion, Americans would retaliate because that connective feeling to this religion is basically the entirety of the nation, hence the terms: “In God We Trust”. Yet, America feels it is a national imperative to expand and disrupt the longevity of the Native population and continue to promote the nationalist ideology. In a narrative reflection of his genealogy called “In a Rainy Mountain”, N. Scott Momaday discusses his grandmother’s lifestyle while living in Western Montana, the Kiowa tribe and how they were provoked and culturally humiliated by circumventing U.S. armies that apprehended their free will and ability to express. Momaday creates this sympathetic feeling for the Native Americans when discussing the “acquired Tai-me, the sacred Sun Dance doll, from that moment the object and symbol of their worship”, “acquired horses, and their ancient nomadic spirit was suddenly free of the ground”, which were motifs that manifested the beauty and existence of the Native American culture and how the euphoric atmosphere was surrendered to the U.S. cavalry, leading to “funeral silence” and a sense of revoking the identity of the grandmother and the tribe in general. The Native Americans established this connection with the land for an extensive time that if interrupted, can affect the latter future of the culture. In Momaday’s text, he explains, “The Kiowas reckoned their stature by the