Manifest Destiny In The American Progress Painting

Manifest destiny means obvious fate, people believed that it was god given right for America to expand and rules the continent. The “American Progress” painting represents manifest destiny, it was the symbol of America’s expansion, people in the picture are moving west, In front of the picture, there is a bear running away because it knows people mean danger. Above the bear is a group of Indians fleeing. In the far left middle, there is a big herd of about fifty buffalo running together, disappearing. In the front middle of the painting is a big angel wearing a white dress, she is holding a coil of wire that leads to the line of telephone poles that run from east to the middle of the painting, and she is also holding a schoolbook. This painting