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Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean. It has also been used to advocate and justify other territorial acquisitions. Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious ("manifest") and certain ("destiny"). Originally a political catch phrase of the 19th century, "Manifest Destiny" eventually became a standard historical term, often used as a synonym for the expansion of the United States across the North American continent.
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What describes the idea that it was God and plan for US expand across the continent?
manifest destiny
Was expansion across North America actually inevitable what forces might have stopped it?
No one could have stopped it. The beliefs were that God wanted people to take over the land. It is called Manfest Destiny.
What is manfest history?
It is not manifest history, but manifest destiny. Manifest destiny was the policy that God gave people the right to move onto lands that were all ready occupied by Native Americans and that they could move them onto reservations. They felt it was their God given right to do this.
What argument did Andrew Jackson use to persuade people that the Indian Removal Act was a good decision apex?
He used Manfest Destiny as an excuse and this act spelled the end of Native American rights. They were forced to assimilate and concede to US law or leave their homelands.
Why did the Cherokee Indians have to move from place to place?
Andrew Jackson believed that Native Americans should accept white culture or be moved to western territories. Jackson didn't think that they could have their own governments within the borders of the U.S.
