MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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“Deseret!”
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“Remember the Alamo!”
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“The Santa Fe Trail”
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“Fifty-four forty or fight!”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Polk called for expansion that included Texas, California, and the entire Oregon territory. The northern boundary of Oregon was the latitude line of 54 degrees, 40 minutes. “Fifty-four forty or fight!” was the popular slogan that led Polk to victory against all odds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Louis O’Sullivan, a popular editor and columnist, articulated the long-standing American belief in the God-given mission of the United States to lead the world in the transition to democracy. He called this America’s “manifest destiny.” This idea motivated wars of American expansion.