1. Late Nineteenth Century American Expansionism
America's strengthened navy was a deviation from past expansionism because it incited and enabled the ability to spread outwards and continue the basic driving force of Americans: land ownership. ... Manifest Destiny as a driving force behind American expansion is an element seen throughout America's westward expansion beginning in the 1840s in an attempt to enlighten and better what Americans saw as those who needed saving and to institute their beliefs as God's chosen race of people. ...
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