USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Eager to take possession of the land, the settlers began to pressure the federal government to acquire the lands from the Indian tribes. To these white settlers, the Indian tribes were standing in the way of progress and of America’s manifest destiny.

Detailed explanation-2: -People who believed in Manifest Destiny were known as Expansionists. Expansionists believed the United States should expand its borders until it had claimed all of the land between the two oceans, which we now think of as the continental United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -How might a believer in Manifest Destiny feel about American Indians? That Indians were a key part of American society. That the Indian way of life should be respected. That white Americans had a lot to learn from the Indians.

Detailed explanation-4: -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 that their survival in the new world would be a sign of God’s approval.

Detailed explanation-5: -Now, with territory up to the Mississippi River claimed and settled and the Louisiana Purchase explored, Americans headed west in droves. Newspaper editor John O’Sullivan coined the term “manifest destiny” in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset.