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    Manifest Destiny In the 1840s the United States increased its territory to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This land was acquired through treaty‚ war‚ and negotiation. The opportunities of this large area of land offered in terms of resources and trade were great. The positive of M.D. do not outweigh the negative consequences. Manifest Destiny is a historic duty‚ in the 1800’s the Americans believed that the manifest destiny of the United States was to expand to the Pacific

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    Jake Overton Coach Wernquist 8th Grade History 10 May 2013 Lewis & Clark “In the spring of 1804‚ Lewis and Clark left St. Louis and headed up the Missouri River. They had 3 boats and they took 40 men with them‚ most of these men were Americans some French Canadians.” (Davidson). “These men needed to search the west for many reasons. One main reason was to set the stage for settlement of the West‚ also this land had not been explored yet. This exploration opened land and discovered

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    Alexis Vice Unit 5 Extended Writing The idea of “Manifest Destiny‚” which was the belief that the United States was destined to spread from the Pacific to he Atlantic Coast‚ led to the forced removal of many Native American Tribes. In an attempt to declare land for the white Americans‚ the U.S. Government passed acts and took actions against the Native tribes- some of which had disastrous effects on the Natives. Some tribes‚ such as the Nez Perce‚ signed treaties with the American government

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    Essay Throughout the 1840s‚ the United States became infatuated with the thought of expanding west and using the idea of manifest destiny‚ which claimed that the American settlers were destined by divine powers to expand across the continent‚ to justify it. Although the land-hungry nation did gain a vast amount of new territory‚ westward expansion in the name of manifest destiny was not justified because of the many Indian lives that were destroyed‚ the total loss of integrity of the now brutal American

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    Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States of America was clearly set apart for a special purpose. That special purpose was to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific. The belief in Manifest Destiny was very prominent in the 1830’s and 40’s. The main idea was to have a dominant‚ independent‚ powerful country with lots of land‚ people‚ and economic assets. There were many different sections of North America that the United States wanted to obtain. One

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    American Studies How did Manifest Destiny Affect Native Americans? “We are the nation of Human Progress.” (John L. O’Sullivan‚ “The Great Nation of Futurity‚” The United States Democratic Review 6‚ no. 23 [1845]: 426-30) Manifest Destiny was a term created in 1845 by John L. O’Sullivan in a magazine article. It states that America was destined by God to move west and spread the Country from coast to coast. However‚ Manifest Destiny affected Native Americans lives in many ways; it moved

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    Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny was the only justification for the Americans expansion West towards California. For a quarter century after the war of 1812‚ only a few Americans explored the West. Then in the 1840’s‚ expansion fewer gripped the country. Many Americans began to believe that their movement westward was predestined by God. Manifest Destiny expressed the belief that the U.S was ordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory. Traveling

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    this optimism. Now‚ with territory up to the Mississippi River claimed and settled and the Louisiana Purchase explored‚ Americans headed west in droves. Newspaper editor JOHN O’SULLIVAN coined the term "MANIFEST DESTINY" in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset. A symbol of Manifest Destiny‚ the figure "Columbia" moves across the land in advance of settlers‚ replacing darkness with light and ignorance with civilization. The religious fervor spawned by the Second Great Awakening created another

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    How did Manifest Destiny Change the U.S by the 1860’s? Manifest Destiny: the belief that the expansion of the US was both justified and inevitable. Manifest Destiny was a lifestyle that almost all Americans lived by in the 1800s; Manifest Destiny helped shape the United States into the country it is today. In the Earlier 19th century‚ the idea of Manifest Destiny spread like wildfire throughout the young United Sates. It started in 1803‚ when Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase

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    Jasmine Cortez Manifest destiny was the desire to expand the U.S. from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Little by little manifest destiny was close to completion. Wars were fought; land was bought‚ until finally it was complete. After completion a couple of issues broke out. The issue of slavery along with Manifest Destiny together contributed to the Civil War and secession. Slavery was a really big issue due to the fact that a lot of people were for and against it. Just like a disagreement

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