Westward expaniso was a time when many people were moving west for many reasons.
1847 is the start of westward expansion. Many people set out to find a new beginning, cheap land, new methods of transportation, adventure, and possibility of wealth
Railroads are being bulit by chinese.
Many familes are being split apart and many people are being killed.
The California Gold Rush had begun and thousands of "forty niners" charged west in search of riches and new lives.
American leaders treated the chinese very badly becuase they didnt care about them all they wanted was for the railroads to be built.
Soon the chinese became angry with the American leaders and stopped working on the railroads.
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