what is the manifest destiny?

Question

if anyone knows what the manifest destiny is PLEASE help me. i need to enough information to make a whole paragraph...

what year was it?
why?

Answer 1

Manifest destiny was the perception by the settlers of the United States in the 1800s that were entrusted by God with the mission to settle the entire country from coast to coast and civilize all the inhabitants. It was believed that this was our destiny, given to us by God. It is satirized in Kipling's poem "White Man's Burden". This belief was what spurred on our settlement of the West, and was a huge influence on our Indian Removal Policies. If you read the Kipling's poem, and discuss how a belief in a mission to civilize the world affected our treatment of the Indians, you should have more than enough for a paragraph.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Manifest Destiny was a phrase that expressed the belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean; it has also been used to advocate for or justify other territorial acquisitions. Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious ("manifest") and certain ("destiny"). It was originally a political catch phrase or slogan used by Democrats in the 1845-1855 period, and rejected by Whigs and Republicans of that era. Manifest Destiny was an explanation or justification for that expansion and westward movement, or, in some interpretations, an ideology or doctrine which helped to promote the process. This article is a history of Manifest Destiny as an idea, and the influence of that idea upon American expansion.

The phrase "Manifest Destiny" was first used primarily by Jackson Democrats after 1845 to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States (the Oregon Territory, the Texas Annexation, and the Mexican Cession). The term was partly revived in the 1890s, this time with Republican supporters, as a theoretical justification for U.S. expansion outside of North America. Opponents such as Abraham Lincoln wanted vertical modernization with greater complexity and specialization, instead of the horizontal expansion of simple farms. As Lincoln explained, he "did not believe in enlarging our field, but in keeping our fences where they are and cultivating our present possession, making it a garden, improving the morals and education of the people." Nonetheless, Lincoln passed a law known as the "Homestead Acts" that became vital to westward expansion by offering free land in the west to those willing to farm it. Historian David M. Potter concludes that in 1854 the Ostend Manifesto and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were "the two great calamities of the Franklin Pierce administration.... Both brought down an avalanche of public criticism." More importantly, says Potter, they permanently discredited Manifest Destiny and popular sovereignty.

The term fell out of usage by U.S. policy makers early in the 20th century, but some commentators believe that aspects of Manifest Destiny, particularly the belief in an American "mission" to promote and defend democracy throughout the world, continued to have an influence on American political ideology.

Answer 4

Manifest Destiny was the idea or perception that, for the United States to be a "whole" country. it had to reach from ocean to ocean. There could not be any gaps in the Country. It would be very simple for you to look up or "google" the phrase. Just don't cut and paste it word for word.

Answer 5

google it and see what you find. It means the idea that the settlers thought it was our "destiny" to have territory from one ocean to the other in America.

Answer 6

around the time of the gold rush, people thought that it was their destiny to go to the west so that america could stretch from one coast to another.

Answer 7

TAKING our land without paying for it, or at least for a pittance....