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To justify the expansion to the detriment of the native Americans.
Turner said that colonial expansion served the purpose that the frontier had for earlier Americans
Support westward expansion to the Pacific.
Turner said that colonial expansion served the purpose that the frontier had for earlier Americans.
Turner said that colonial expansion served the purpose that the frontier had for earlier Americans.
It wasn't! The Western Expansion happened because of opportunity and greed. If the Native Americans hadn't been so nice we (white people) would still be confined to the east coast.
It wasn't! The Western Expansion happened because of opportunity and greed. If the Native Americans hadn't been so nice we (white people) would still be confined to the east coast.
well i have a question regarding the Darwinists i would like to now how they justify expansionism? thank you
Yes, Social Darwinist ideas were used to justify policies of imperial expansion by suggesting that it was natural for stronger nations to dominate weaker ones. This concept was applied to justify the acquisition of resources and territories through military conquest.
Manifest Destiny is the expansion of the US westward. it is the expansion and growth of a country Economically, politically, and socially. The attacked Mexico to become a coast to coast nation!
Manifest destiny
The Manifest Destiny of the United States to be a continent-wide power (Manifest Destiny for short) was the idea that was used to justify and at times to drive the expansion of the United States during the 19th Century. This was the idea that it was obvious to all (manifest) that it was the destiny of the US to encompass whatever territory was at issue at the moment.