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    Manifest Destiny Before the Civil War there were multiple land purchases. These included territories such as Louisiana and Texas. The Louisiana purchase (1803) was during Jefferson’s presidency. There were positives and negatives to the Louisiana purchase. An obvious positive would be that it doubled the size of the United States at the time‚ however‚ there were questions on the constitutionality of the subject. Despite Jefferson’s states rights principles‚ he went through with the purchase

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    time frame was the idea of Manifest Destiny‚ or territorial expansion. Manifest Destiny was the idea that it was the United States’ destiny to take over all of North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Most of the public was in favor of territorial expansion‚ though some politicians felt it contradicted the constitution. Strict constructionists were against territorial expansion‚ while loose constructionists felt expansion was the United States’ destiny. Strict constructionists centered their

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    Manifest Destiny Essay Manifest destiny was a huge issue in American society and although it is hard to put its events and issues in a set date rage‚ most of the action occurred from the early 1800’s through the 1850’s and 60’s. Although a big issue itself‚ the idea of manifest destiny also involved many other aspects of American culture that were cause for attention such as race‚ religion‚ immigration and foreign relations. In my opinion the idea of territorial expansion in the west was always

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    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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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    Pauline Lopez 12/3/12 Mexican-American War Similar to the case for and against Manifest Destiny‚ the case for and against the war with Mexico is controversial. The Mexican-American war can be looked at many ways: such as a war for more land‚ more slavery‚ and economic expansion. Many people believed that expansion was needed because of the growing population. Polk a proponent of Manifest destiny desired to expand and therefore supported the war. War with Mexico offered the chance to acquire

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