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    America evolved into a more modern technological nation with ruthless economic warfare‚ destruction of competition‚ rise of finance capitalism‚ rapid growth of cities‚ and exploitation. The social aspects of the Industrial Revolution include Manifest Destiny‚ which appeared in print

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    America is often considered one of the most wealthy and powerful countries in the world. The United States is associated with global reverence and respect; however‚ could a nation so great preserve indigenous societies continuously impeding the country’s potential growth without giving up on aspirations of success and expansion? Would our country exist as the power symbol it is today without certain actions that removed the barriers preventing American expansion and growth? Although the aboriginal

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    countries and decided to stay out of Hungary’s fight.  The United States wanted to expand down west and also focus their attention on the Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny is the idea of having the United States stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The United States stopped all involvement with all fights and focused on their plan for the Manifest Destiny.  Intervention The United States proposes the Open Door Policy in 1899 should be categorized as Intervention. The Open Door Policy

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    Native Americans in the 19th century felt they were not. The term Manifest Destiny was first defined by journalist‚ John L. O’Sullivan in 1845 as‚ “And that claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.” In my own terms I would define Manifest Destiny as the American governments mission to remake the world in the

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    it “The Manifest Destiny”. John L. O’Sullivan was the first person to coin the saying Manifest Destiny. (Brands‚ Breen‚ Gross‚ Williams 320) He first used it by saying that foreign governments were conspiring to block the annexation of Texas to thwart “the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by providence for free development of our yearly multiplying millions.” O’Sullivan believed that there were three main ideas that were behind our manifest destiny and he

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    America was founded by multiple states‚ from different regions and subsequently different styles of life‚ which made the possibility of their union unstable and uncertain. But‚ because they were united by a common goal- to break free of Britain’s despotic sovereignty- the American colonies were able to win their independence from Britain and become the United States of America. This dichotomy between the states’ different styles of life and their shared goal laid the foundation for the forces of

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    were many reasons for the expansion that were equally as important and impactful as slavery. The annexation of new states would allow the United States to grow economically and industrially. With John O’ Sullivan’s and the government’s view of “Manifest Destiny”‚ it was an American’s obligation to expand because of their national pride and superiority over Mexicans‚ African Americans‚ and Native Americans. The opponents of the addition of Texas and the Mexican War attacked slavery as being the primary

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    To what extent is it accurate to claim that the ideal of manifest destiny was a motivating factor in the western expansions of the United States? The 1840s was a time of great territorial expansion during which the United States fought to annex Texas‚ acquire the Oregon territory‚ and conquer California and New Mexico from Mexico. As the people sought reasoning behind their territorial ambitions‚ a belief known as Manifest Destiny sprouted from their feeling of nationality as they came to believe

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    Throughout history there have been many significant events and people. These events and people were the foundation for the development of a nation. The obstacles that were faced by those that settled and developed America were not only on unknown soil but were centered on the unknown in general. During the 17th‚ 18th‚ and 19th centuries there were people and events which I believe influenced history and were turning points in the development of a great nation. A significant point in history which

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    their new neighbors. The Caucasians who moved to the western frontier‚ specifically those who found themselves on the border of Mexico‚ felt superior to their brown-skinned‚ Catholic neighbors. This racial superiority was motive for the notion of Manifest Destiny‚ or‚ a god-given right for those from the United States to usurp land from less-worthy counterparts in order to continue with the expansion of commerce. Mexico‚ on the other-hand‚ had difficulties with the fact that the Americans were bringing

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