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What does the term Manifest Destiny imply?

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It means to fulfill your destiny and "manifest" from it which means to take in or to make come true
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the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences. Origin of Manifest Destiny.
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