Question

What Manifest Destiny actually was:

Answer 1

Answer: Imperialist phrase first used in 1845 to urge annexation of Texas; used thereafter to encourage American settlement of European colonial and Indian lands in the Great Plains and Far West; Created by John L. O'Sullivan; "overspread the continent allotted by Providence (God) for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions"

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Answer 2

Manifest Destiny is the belief that the USA continent was meant to be from sea to sea. With that being the thought, it also became the goal. The US went on to try to gain the lands beyond the colonies all the way to the Pacific Ocean.