Here was manifest destiny wrought in iron ... Not everyone would benefit from that transformation. The transcontinental railroad was not the beginning of white settlers' battles with Native ...

To fulfill its Manifest Destiny, especially following the discovery of gold in California, America was making plans to build a transcontinental railroad from east to west. The big question was ...

It provided government support for the building of first railroad to link the east and ... checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence ...