Why Did The Us Adopt The Idea Of Manifest Destiny

Did you know that the United States government killed, stole, and started a war over the belief that we needed more? The US adopted the idea of Manifest destiny to expand our land and spread the idea of democracy and freedom. During the time that Manifest Destiny was in effect, the US took over occupied territory, gave a weak justification, but in the end, Americans adopted this policy. The United States almost doubled in size during the period of Manifest Destiny, the US did this by taking over controlled land by force, and occasionally by treaties. The first blatant example of the westward moving craze was during James K. Polk’s presidency, with History.com quoting, “ America’s territory grew by more than one-third and extended across the continent for the first time”. Polk wanted to accomplish one main thing during his presidency, and that was to expand America from sea to shining sea. He eventually accomplished his goal, but not without some major setbacks, like the Mexican-American war. According to History.com, “Of the 79,000 American troops who took part, 13,200 died for a
During this time, we had the idea that it was our duty as Americans to spread our great country west and share our ideas of government and other policies. According to History.com, they put it as, “Manifest Destiny held that the United States was destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent”. This is a completely ridiculous justification for our actions, the US was just making excuses to take over occupied land. The fact that we used God as an excuse shows just how low we as Americans stooped, plus the Bible does not say anything about America. The United States government made a loosely based claim as a justification for our arrogant actions, actions that started wars and got people