I understand that the westward expansion was a good sign for the United States beause it showed we could expand and economically we could have more land for production and jobs and our government showed strength. However, I feel like we could have done this without being so harsh to the Native Americans. I feel like we should have tried harder to make compromises and not take all their land away. I read a whole book on the trail of tears and what the Native Americans went through to get relocated seems like it was absolutly awful.
I like the part about children making the decision on what they want to do with there life. Children could grow up and be able to specialize in something besides what there parents did. Deciding what you want to do with your life and not having to have your parents pick out who you marry seems pretty important to me.
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