One of the largest and most wealthy countries in the world, the United States of America, has gone through many changes in its long history. From winning its independence from Great Britain to present day, America has changed dramatically and continues to change. A term first coined in the 1840s, "Manifest Destiny" helped push America into the next century and make the country part of what it is today. The ideas behind Manifest Destiny played an important role in the development of the United States by allowing the territorial expansion of the 1800s. Without the expansion of the era, America would not have most of the western part of the country it does now.
Manifest Destiny, before becoming nationally known, started very meagerly. The term "Manifest Destiny" was first used by Congressman Robert Winthrop before being made popular by John L. O"Sullivan in 1845 (Manifest Destiny). O"Sullivan first used the term, "Manifest Destiny" in an article he wrote for the Democratic Review in the July-August edition of 1845. O"Sullivan wrote to other nations who had, "the avowed object of thwarting our policy and hampering our power, limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the Continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions" (Adams 332). He was actually talking about the annexation of Texas but the term was stolen from him and used by expansionists of the time to justify other annexations (Adams 332). .
Many causes fueling America's need to expand and acquire new lands existed. One of the reasons was Americans were experiencing "a large birthrate increase due to immigration. And because agriculture provided the primary economic structure, large families to work the farms were considered an asset" (Manifest Destiny: An Introduction). The population in 1800 was more than five-million and by the mid-century grew to more than twenty-three million (Manifest Destiny).
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The movement, letter tagged as "Manifest Destiny" was what drove American settlers to actively seek control of territories within the American continent and the Monroe Doctrine is what they later used to keep European nations from interfering with it. The Federal Government used manifest destiny to support expansion and believed the expansion was necessary to enforce the Monroe Doctrine. Manifest destiny was a phenomenon, a mindset, and a movement. ... The Manifest Destiny ideology was put in place yet again when the U.S. set eyes on Mexican territory around 1845. ... Countless li...
"Manifest Destiny", Adequate or Not As I look back at time I sit and ponder, " Was Manifest Destiny an adequate reason for the conquest of the lands that contain the United States. "In 1845, John O'Sullivan, editor of the influential Democratic Review, coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny" to describe this vision of a United States stretching from Atlantic to Pacific." ... The idea of Manifest Destiny was based on the idea that America had a divine providence. ... As a strong believer in God I do believe that Manifest Destiny was an adequate reason for the conquest of the lands that c...
This thirst to expand was outlined in an ideology that became known as Manifest Destiny. ... As with all political issues, there were different opinions as to what Manifest Destiny truly meant. ... O"Sullivan reflected this attitude in a portion of an editorial piece titled "Manifest Destiny" . ... Manifest Destiny can be considered in today's historical context as a sort of two-faced ideology. ... The only Destiny that the Americans were concerned with manifesting was their own. ...
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The Manifest Destiny bettered the nation by first expanding its territory further to create a stronger nation. ... The Manifest Destiny could be viewed in various perspectives such as one of a progressive movement. ... The Manifest Destiny could also be seen as a progressive movement for the nation according to John L. ... The Manifest Destiny has also been viewed as a movement of aggressive imperialism and harmful to many people. ... The Manifest Destiny showed many attempts in aggressive imperialism which caused many individuals to hurt in the end. ...
