I know what Manifest Destiny is...but I'm not being able to relate or should I say completely understand how its related to american foreing policy....
2006-12-05 04:22:33 · 7 answers · asked by rini a 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It was the idea that it was America's "destiny" to populate the western frontier. That it was God's decree that Americans do so, and push out the native "savages" living in the western territories. America had believed at that time that the North American continent was given to them as a gift from God.
This can be very relatable to our foreign policy since the end of World War II. Check out the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations.
2006-12-05 04:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by PieOPah 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
PieOPie is right about what manifest destiny is--others are right in that the concept that the U.S. had a God-given right to the territory west of the original colonies all the way to the Pacific did indeed help lead to conflict with Mexico, which owned and had "settled" much of the American West long before the U.S. got there.
Others might think that the manifest destiny concept is broader, and includes the idea that the U.S. is a God-based nation that should not be shy about "civilizing" and taking over other godless countries. This broader concept is part of the basis for American Imperialism, which I am defining narrowly to cover such foreign policies as the Spanish American war (1897), American expansion and occupation in the Pacific, and the sometimes brutal U.S. occupation of the Phillipines in the early 20th century.
2006-12-05 05:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by David H from Arlington MA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-06 17:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It relates to American foreign policy in that the US is going to be very aggressive concerning territorial expansion. Manifest Destiny was one of the reasons why Americans very nearly went to war with Britain over the possession of Oregon and why we DID go to war with Mexico over California.
2006-12-05 04:29:56 · answer #4 · answered by derek1836 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-13 03:40:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With Americans moving west they had to deal with Native Americans and Mexicans... Those are the two groups that you need to relate Manifest Destiny to.
2006-12-05 04:25:14 · answer #6 · answered by Cutie Teacher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-13 07:03:29 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manifest destiny just means that you BELIEVE it's meant to be. It's an excuse to take over other people's property. Applying it to foreign policy, it's an excuse to force other countries to do what we want them to do.
2006-12-05 04:32:32 · answer #8 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋