USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Manifest Destiny existed and still exists as the philosophy that embraces American history as a whole. Manifest Destiny is an intangible ideology that created American history.

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: -Yet the dispute over the status of the new western territories regarding slavery disrupted the American political system by reviving arguments that shattered fragile compromises and inflamed sectional discord. In fact, those disputes brought the era of Manifest Destiny to an abrupt close.

Detailed explanation-4: -Manifest Destiny inflamed sectional tensions over slavery, which ultimately led to the Civil War.