MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Pacific Ocean
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Mississippi River
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Rocky Mountains
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Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America. The ideology of Manifest Destiny inspired a variety of measures designed to remove or destroy the native population. US President James K.
Detailed explanation-2: -The phrase “manifest destiny” is most often associated with the territorial expansion of the United States from 1812 to 1867. This era, from the War of 1812 to the acquisition of Alaska in 1867, has been called the “age of manifest destiny".
Detailed explanation-3: -With its triumph in the Mexican-American War, the United States seemingly realized its Manifest Destiny by gaining an immense domain (more than 525, 000 square miles [1, 360, 000 square km] of land), including present-day Arizona, California, western Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah.