Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865–1898

Discouraged European Immigration Due To Perceived Overcrowdedness

Attracted A Multinational Population Including A Large Number Of Chinese Immigrants

Resulted Solely In Movement From Other U.S State With Minimal International Immigration

Led Mainly To An Increased African American Population Seeking Freedom From Slavery

Manifest Destiny drove territorial acquisition compelling economic exploration incentives intertwined with laws like the Pacific Railway Acts while promoting an ethnocentric culture that justified global interventionism.

Manifest Destiny was a narrow ideology focused solely on continental expansion without influence from or impacts on economics, legislation, or broader cultural attitudes toward foreign policy.

Its focus was exclusively religious without any tangible connections to economic growth strategies, legal frameworks governing expansionist policies, or cultural shifts towards imperialism at century's end.

The policy was an artistic movement that had little real-world effect other than inspiring landscape paintings without any lasting international consequences for America's stance globally.

Policies from treaties with Native American tribes aiming at altering traditional hunting grounds.

The economic and logistical demands necessitated by the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.

The widespread killing of bison for commercial trade and recreational hunting

The establishment of Yellowstone as America's first national park in an effort to conserve wildlife.

Efforts to recognize and support the preservation of Native American sovereignty and cultural practices.

Development of programs aimed at promoting economic self-sufficiency within Native American communities.

Initiatives to expand democratic ideals among Native Americans through educational opportunities.

Assimilation efforts to encourage Native Americans to adopt European-American culture and abandon their own.

Quaker activism contributed notably but was less widespread compared to evangelical revivals’ impact.

The Second Great Awakening sparked numerous reform movements such as abolitionism and temperance.

The Mormon migration created unique communal societies but did not broadly shape antebellum social reforms.

Transcendentalism inspired some individuals toward self-reliance but had less direct impact on organized social reforms.

They viewed individualism as a threat to community building which was cherished by frontier communities.

They encouraged industrial use of natural resources, contrary to environmental conservation promoted by others.

They saw nature as spiritually uplifting and advocated living in harmony with it, unlike the exploitative view held by many settlers.

They focused on urbanization benefits akin to those who favored city life over rural settlements.

South slavery wouldn’t extend into the West.

The Civil War wouldn't have occurred.

It's plausible that Native American cultures may have persisted more prominently in western territories.

Alaska may still belong to Russia today.

To encourage assimilation of Native Americans through individual land ownership.

To promote urban development by reallocating reservation lands.

To strengthen federal authority in negotiating land treaties with Native American tribes.

To extend full citizenship rights to all Native Americans.

Initiatives to provide comprehensive education across all ethnic groups in America

Government support for celebrating diverse cultural identities and heritage

Efforts to enhance the quality of life within Native American communities through education reforms

Assimilation efforts through education to integrate Native Americans into Euro-American culture

It caused a decrease in agricultural production nationally.

It established reservations for Native American tribes.

It led to the rapid settlement of western lands by American citizens.

It resulted in increased urbanization in eastern cities.