What was the main goal of the supporters of the manifest destiny?

Answer 1

Its simple.If authority to expand territory comes from an authority no one can be higher than, God, then that becomes the justification to take all the territory desired since it is Gods mandate.

This is a fallacy of course, but, never the less, a long held policy by conquering armies.

Answer 2

The purpose of the manifest destiny was for the United Sates wanted to expand their borders over to the west territory. Many people thought that it was because they wanted to expand slaver but this is not true.

Answer 3

Manifest Destiny was the belief in the early 1800s that it was the destiny of the United States to eventually control all of the land west of the United States all the way to the Pacific Ocean. That belief became reality in the late 1840s with the cession of a HUGE part of northern Mexico to the United States after the Mexican-American War and with the agreement that the United States would have sole control of the southern half of Oregon Country while Great Britain would have sole control of the northern half. Earlier milestones along the road to the perceived "destiny" were the purchase of Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, which doubled the area of the United States, and finally agreeing to annex the newly independent nation of Texas in 1845.

Answer 4

to expand settlers to the west beyond the Appalachians

Answer 5

The prime objective of manifest destiny in the 1850's was Cuba because it was sugar-rich, so the United States planned to take over Cuba.

Answer 6

Expand United States' territory to the Pacific Ocean.