USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined-by God, its advocates believed-to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Manifest Destiny: the nineteenth-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

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: -The supporters of Manifest Destiny believed that it was their destiny and right by God and history to expand. Taking lands from non-European Americans was justified because they were spreading liberty to the lands and the natives were racially unfit to hold the lands.