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What was the principle goal of the supporters of Manifest Destiny in the 1840s?

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Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

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Manifest Destiny was used by Democrats in the 1840s to justify the war with Mexico