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What is the concept of Manifest Destiny and how does it apply to American imperialism?
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God was on the side of American expansion...
"Manifest" means obvious and "Destiny" means certain. "Manifest Destiny was a phrase first coined by John L. Sullivan, an advocate writer urging the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. Meaning of "Imperialism" is Empire building and or domination over foreign people.
American imperialism is connected to "Manifest Destiny", through the short-lived Spanish-American War. Historians agree that being the only time the United States annexed anyones soil because territorial growth was needed.
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What forces in American life contributed to the concept of Manifest Destiny?
The combination of nationalism and evangelicalism with the hunger for more land contributed to the concept. Manifest Destiny was the belief that American settlers were predestined to reach and settle their way west to the ocean.
What describes the idea that it was God and plan for US expand across the continent?
manifest destiny
What did the concept of manifest destiny justify?
It permitted American settlement on Indian land.
Which ideas contributed most directly to American territorial expansion westward?
The purchase of Louisiana from France apex -Manifest Destiny // Gold! 1849. Gold rush in california
The term Manifest Destiny refers to what a form of government a law a constitutional right a concept?
A concept
How was imperialism in the early 1900s similar to the concept of manifest destiny?
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How was us imperialism in the early 1900s similar to the concept of manifest destiny that was popular during the 1800s?
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What forces in American life contributed to the concept of Manifest Destiny?
The combination of nationalism and evangelicalism with the hunger for more land contributed to the concept. Manifest Destiny was the belief that American settlers were predestined to reach and settle their way west to the ocean.
What describes the idea that it was God and plan for US expand across the continent?
manifest destiny
True or false Imperialism was the name given to the idea that Americans should expand across the nation to the Pacific Coast?
false! that concept is actually called manifest destiny. it was one of my American history questions.
What did the concept of manifest destiny justify?
It permitted American settlement on Indian land.
Which president would be most closely associated with the concept of Manifest Destiny which president would be most closely associated with the concept of Manifest Destiny?
James Polk
Which ideas contributed most directly to American territorial expansion westward?
The purchase of Louisiana from France apex -Manifest Destiny // Gold! 1849. Gold rush in california
The term Manifest Destiny refers to what a form of government a law a constitutional right a concept?
A concept
What is the concept of manifest destiny?
Basically it was a government sanctioned land grab.
What was the concept that our country was destined to spread from ocean to ocean?
"Manifest Destiny".
What concept of manifest destiny was first expressed by?
John L. O'Sullivan
