USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -The philosophy drove 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion and was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans and other groups from their homes. The rapid expansion of the United States intensified the issue of slavery as new states were added to the Union, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-3: -The idea of Manifest Destiny arose in response to the prospect of U.S. annexation of Texas and to a dispute with Britain over the Oregon Country, which became part of the union.

Detailed explanation-4: -Manifest destiny was a cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.

Detailed explanation-5: -Newspaper editor John O’Sullivan coined the term “manifest destiny” in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset. A symbol of Manifest Destiny, the figure “Columbia” moves across the land in advance of settlers, replacing darkness with light and ignorance with civilization.