The Importance Of The Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny was the idea that it was America’s destiny to spread across the entire continent of North America. It was started by a group of expansionist called the Young American Movement and they were affiliated with the Democratic Party. By their idea, America was able to double its size and obtain new land from Mexico and Britain. However, this also caused pain to the Native Americans. In the end, America obtained new land, and its people achieved what they believed to be their God given right to expand and move west.

Southern territorial tensions linked to slavery in the mid 1800's. (Doc D) Opposition to annexation of Texas occurred because of avoidance to the problem of Texas being a free or slave state. The Wilmot Proviso provoked huge controversy about the status of the land gained after the Mexican War, the bill would be called upon and debated on furiously for decades to come. Popular sovereignty began to appear in some alternate plans for deciding slavery in the Louisiana Territory. Polk's plan, which proposed to extend the slavery line in the Missouri Compromise to the pacific, aroused further debates for the North and the South. California and New Mexico raised even more questions about the implementation of

Manifest Destiny is a term coined by John L. Sullivan in 1845 when talking about the annexation of Texas. He believed, along with other expansionists, that it’s inevitable that the US population would spread across North America because the land is given by Providence to the United States and that it’s natural that the land should be part of the country [Doc 1]. The idea of westward expansion and Manifest Destiny had positive and negative effects on the politics, society and the economics of the United States and

Industrialization of the United States was in full swing by the 1840s. Which evidenced that the continued expansion of the states was an issue and the idea of a Manifest Destiny was of major importance. John L. O’Sullivan once stated, “Our Manifest Destiny is to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions” (America: A Narrative History). The idea of a Manifest Destiny originated in the 1840s by the Anglo-Saxon Colonists to expand their ideal civilization and institutions across North America to become a super nation. There were conflicts during this expansion, but they only led to major successes that molded the states into the superior country it is today. The Manifest

The Manifest Destiny was the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. Manifest Destiny was mainly accomplished by the Monroe Doctrine, the annexation of Texas, and the Mexican-American War, but we were not a true continental power yet. After 1850, the Civil War, westward expansion, and the rise of big business made the United States a true continental power.

The Manifest Destiny was a theory during the 19th century that many Americans believed. They believed that they were destined by God to expand from coast to coast. Andrew Jackson’s concept of the Manifest Destiny lead to the Trial of Tears because he believed it was a God-given right to attain land so he was willing to do all in his power as a president to expand the United States. He was blessed with the opportunity to expand the United States due to the global wars that transpired between France and other countries. In some word Andrew Jackson was an opportunist when it came to expansion. He also believed that the Americans were supposed to obtain the land whatever the cost. The Manifest Destiny was a theory during the 19th century that many Americans believed. They believed that they were destined by God to expand from coast to coast.

Throughout the course of history, America as we know it today has undergo very severe changes. With the belief of “Manifest destiny”, The independent nation grew from 13 states, to 48 states in a very small time span. The entire nation had to go through wars, feuds, and relocation just to expand the young nation. But this experience wasn’t all prim and proper, the nation had to sacrifice itself just to triple it’s size. Was our actions necessary just to gain this land that at the time we needed least? Was The United States of America over their head with their wants and not needs? The real answer to these questions are no, if we didn’t take this huge step into building our country today, our nation would be severely overpopulated and barely

Manifest destiny also promoted the notion of American racial superiority. Manifest destiny also gave a new stridency to ideas about racial superiority. The belief that Americans were a superior race gave them a sense of entitlement and their disregard to Mexicans. For instance America dealt with Britain differently than it did with Mexico. While the United States was waging war against Mexico over territory, it was negotiating a peaceful settlement with Britain. Whereas the Mexicans were viewed as inferior, the English were seen as purebred equals who possessed many commonalities with Americans. An increasingly large number of Americans migrated towards the west in search of land, the fact tat most of those areas already had people living

1) Explain the justification for the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, including material and idealistic motivation

Rapid population growth and overuse of the land east of the Mississippi River, coupled with the knowledge that there was an abundance of land for new settlement west of the river, led to the ideology of expansionism; the ideology became simply known as Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion, written by Amy S. Greenburg, deeply explains the motivation of the individuals looking to expand their settlements westward. Since the time of publication, we have realized that we could have handled the situation, in which we removed the inhabitants of the west from their homeland, in a better way. Americans believed that it was their God-given right to expand westward by destroying anything in their path. “…courageous pioneers believed that America had a divine obligation to stretch the boundaries of their noble republic to the Pacific Ocean.” (“29. Manifest Destiny.”)

In 1845 John O'Sullivan argued that it was indeed America’s destiny to head to the West and spread their democracy there (O'Sullivan). He believed it was “God’s will” to spread westerly (cc#17). Also many citizens believed America didn’t have enough land and were onboard with the idea of Manifest Destiny. Even though it was thought of a positive idea, the result turned out bad not just for Native Americans and Mexicans, but right back at America.

This article theorizes that a new manifest destiny is coming to the Desert of California.This article is intended for everyone who hates the city. This is the audience because the majority of this paper talks about California and the deserts there. At the beginning, it also says to leave the city and move to the country in the west. The bias in this article was very obvious because this guy loves California and its deserts, because he was talking about the west being California when there are many more states in the West. This article connects to the idea of Manifest Destiny because the meaning of Manifest Destiny is romanticizing the west and this article talked all about California and California is in the west.

The manifest destiny is a cause of the Movement West. It is about the belief that Americans had the destiny to expand in North America. This belief was originated in 19th century.The notable American people like most Whigs, Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln rejected the idea. However, the democrats endorsed the idea before the civil war broke out. The virtue of Americans was considered as one of the major themes in manifest destiny. The idea was rooted in Puritan heritage in America. It was recognized as American Exceptionalism.City upon a Hill” is the prominent sermon by John Winthrop delivered in 1630 associated with the virtue of Americans.The sermon encouraged the Americans to establish a virtuous

During the nineteenth century, manifest destiny became a particularly common concept. This idea stated that Americans were destined to expand across the western frontier and the world because the “superior” Anglo-Saxon race had received God’s divine blessing to do so. The idea first came about during the American Revolution in the 1700s and continued through such events as the Civil War and other nineteenth century conflicts. Americans became involved with Cuba, the Philippines and their turmoil with Spanish rule. They turned a “rescue mission” for the Cubans and Filipinos into an overtaking. Power-hungry Americans sought to take over the world, particularly in markets like China, regardless of the conflicts and battles that would ensue as

After the American Revolution occurred, the United States sought a greater way to gain more freedom and independence, as a new country, from Great Britain. US leaders knew no greater way than to expand the country’s borders for the American people. Many leaders, from Presidents and Generals to columnists and ordinary people, inspired settlers to migrate west of the Mississippi River, to find more freedom and land. Decades later, these continuing migrations were pushed further by the notion of the term “Manifest Destiny”. This was the belief that the United States had a God-given right to expand, and part of this doctrine was being an anglo-saxon christian, making those feel superior and the only ones who could migrate to other lands. But during this time, Manifest Destiny led to the Indian Removal Act and the Mexican American War. Although, many other Americans knew that it was important for them to expand, not for God, but for their own sake as a growing country. And other european countries also claimed territory in North America on behalf of spreading Christianity. But because of the mass genocide and war that resulted from the United States´ Western Expansion, after being motivated by “Manifest Destiny” in the 1840s, it should have been absurd to say that God destined the American people to expand westward.