Positive And Negative Effects Of Westward Expansion

We will be talking about an economy with problems that made the common people struggle. An Economy was basically the trading of money and buying and selling items. Lots of people did not have enough money or worked a lot but still couldn’t afford to pay the bills. Corruption was another problem that was bad for the economy as well. The economic changes were bad for the common people and left a negative effect. This basically shows why some people struggled with issues regarding the economy and others didn’t.
Westward Expansion was the moving of Indians and others from the East to the West. The Americans also believed that God wanted them to get as many states as possible which was Manifest destiny. When the Indians were moved West the economy had changed for many. The Indians moving west was essentially bad for the economy and the economy was bad for people.
Industrialization was when the people went from an agrarian lifestyle to an Industrial society. There were two different currencies one was bimetallism and the other was Monism which helped the poor. This was bad because some people made a lot of money and some didn’t make a lot at all or any. The source was “Robber Baron Cartoon”. Industrialization mainly focused on how

people dealt and used their money.
Immigration. You either wanted to come to America or not. People mainly came here for a better life and to get a job. There were many push and pull factors that brought you here or not. About 20 Million Europeans arrived in the U.S and the Chinese exclusion act banned all chinese entry into the U.S unless if you were skilled. The Immigrants made people with jobs lose them for various reasons. One was they would work for lower pay. Another reason was they could work in harder conditions. These reasons made those who already had jobs lose them.
The Progressive era was focused on making things and lives better for people and promoting social welfare, promoting moral improvement,and making economic reform, along with other things. The government wanted to change way money was distributed and the impact of this was bad for the common people because of the uneven balance of money. This was not a good thing because not everyone was able to receive their money. Overall this was bad for mainly all the common people and made a ton of them unhappy.
Imperialism was mainly the stronger nations extend economic, political, or military control over weaker territories. Imperialism had tons of technology advances during it’s time with the farmers and factories. Lots of money was also lost because of the Spanish American War. A problem was the farmers produced more than they could sell and had to reduce the price of their items. The farmers eventually lost a ton of money and the common people still had a ton of problems of their own.
World War I was fought because of the assassination of Franz-Ferdinand assassination.

This had sparked controversy with the Austrian Hungary people and this was basically the starting of World War I. Some of the economic changes that had occurred during this time were war reparations and the damage and other things that had to be paid for. Other things that had impacted people or worldwide was this war and it took a toll on the economy and many lives. This was bad for a lot of people but mainly on Germany and them having to pay for it all. However, the common people had to volunteer in work positions while the soldiers went fighting in war. Overall the war had costed a great deal of money and common people still had economic issues

themselves.
The Great Depression , 1929 the economy in the United States had collapsed and there was massive unemployment for many work positions and poverty. The economy was on the brink of going down. Also many farmers were producing more than they could sell. This also led to important industries struggling leading them to debt. Many industries like railroads, textiles, and steel had mad barley any profit at all. Railroads lost buisness to new transportation like, trucks, and busses. This change was horrible. It was like a drought for Americans as they struggled and the buissness owners as well. This was one of the hardest times in American History. All in all the great depression was a hard time for Americans and families who could not make a living. No buisness were booming at all causing debt and lack of jobs and just a hard time all around.
The Economy was bad for the common people leading them to many problems throuh out. Many of them could not obtain jobs or get paid well enough for the hours they worked. Life was very hard on them. This mainly affected the common people or the “Lower Class”. The changes to the economy affect them and others like them. For example, Immagrants had it just as bad on them as low income Americans did. This affects the country because essentially people and lower class are poor and ont get good income. This has probably affected us greatly. Society of today both parents have to get a job just to support each other. Things are most likely harder than ever compared to before. Money is becoming a harder thing to obtain espically for work hours some people still don’t get paid enough. It is a struggle jsut for some to put food on the table each night. The economy is very bad and still has tons of years to revise it self.