A significant push toward the west coast of north america began in the 1810s. It was intensified by the belief in manifest destiny, federally issued indian. Webto grasp why people of color today face inequities — of health, of safety, of wealth, of education — we must understand how the civil war, reconstruction, and related events like the nez perce flight shaped our region. Policy from native american assimilation to one of. Webat the end of the civil war in 1865, 3,272 miles of track had been laid west of the mississippi river, and by 1890, 72,473 miles of track connected major areas of the. Webeach tribe adjusted to the march of westward expansion in its own way, but all eventually succumbed to the drive of the americans to conquer the land. The following pages look.
