Question

What is manifest destiny?

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 Americans had the right, or even the duty, to expand westward across the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. This would spread the glorious institutions of civilization and democracy to the barbaric Native Americans.