MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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At that time, only the whites deserved land
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Americans believed that those who were not white and on the continent were not civilized, so it was the job of the Americans to civilize them
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Only white people lived in America
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Americans did not want to share land with those “lesser” than them
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Manifest Destiny was a popular belief in the mid-to-late 19th century. Its proponents claimed that the United States had the divine right to expand westward-meaning that U.S. expansion was the will of God.
Detailed explanation-3: -The desire of southerners to find more lands suitable for cotton cultivation would eventually spread slavery to these regions. North of the Mason-Dixon line, many citizens were deeply concerned about adding any more slave states. Manifest destiny touched on issues of religion, money, race, patriotism, and morality.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many Americans believed that the U.S. had the right to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean because they believed that the nation’s mission was to spread freedom by settling the entire continent.