MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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he believed the land west of the Mississippi River should be reserved for Native Americans
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he believed in U.S. westward expansion but was not willing to go to war over land
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he supported the belief that the U.S. should expand to the Pacific Ocean
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he was against the idea of Manifest Destiny and vetoed bills supporting expansion
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Detailed explanation-1: -He was a champion of manifest destiny–the belief that the United States was fated to expand across the North American continent–and by the end of his four years in office, the nation extended, for the first time, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-2: -More than any other President, Polk pursued “Manifest Destiny, ” a phrase coined by his fellow Jacksonian Democrat, John L. O’Sullivan, to express the conviction that Providence had foreordained the United States to spread its republican institutions across North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polk ran on an expansionist platform where his main promises consisted of the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Territory. Not only did Polk believe in and support Manifest Destiney, he also held the believe that for slavery to survive it needed to spread, which supported his expansionist principles.
Detailed explanation-4: -US President James K. Polk (1845-1849) is the leader most associated with Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny inflamed sectional tensions over slavery, which ultimately led to the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-5: -Democrats replied Polk was the candidate who stood for expansion. He linked the Texas issue, popular in the South, with the Oregon question, attractive to the North. Polk also favored acquiring California. Even before he could take office, Congress passed a joint resolution offering annexation to Texas.