MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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the 19th-century doctrine that stated it was the destiny of the United States to go to war with everyone no matter what
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the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
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a 20th-century idea that destiny is a complete falsehood and science rules over all
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a 12 A.D. plan to spread across the world and destroy it through any means necessary just because we can and we are humanity ____ boo humanity.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The philosophy describing the necessary expansion of the nation westward was called Manifest Destiny; the belief that it was our duty to settle the continent, conquer and prosper.
Detailed explanation-2: -The expansionist movement in the United States gained tremendous momentum in the 1840s. The movement, coined “manifest destiny” in the mid-1840s, justified expansion with a sense of mission and purpose, viewing American expansion as inevitable, just, and divinely foreordained.
Detailed explanation-3: -Propounded during the second half of the 19th century, the concept of Manifest Destiny held that it was the divinely ordained right of the United States to expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean and beyond.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Manifest destiny is defined as “the concept of American exceptionalism, that is, the belief that America occupies a special place among the countries of the world.” The Puritans came to America in 1630 believing t hat their survival in the new world would be a sign of God’s approval.