USA HISTORY

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 philosophy drove 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion and was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans and other groups from their homes. The rapid expansion of the United States intensified the issue of slavery as new states were added to the Union, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -What was Manifest Destiny? 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-5: -In the mid-nineteenth century, newspaper editor John O’Sullivan coined the term ‘manifest destiny’ to describe the belief that God intended for the United States to occupy North America from Atlantic to Pacific.