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the manifest destiny was about travling to a free country, racism didnt play a role in it.
It was not just one individual state that played a role in manifest destiny. It was the many states that Polk believed the United States should expand into towards the west. One of the most inflentual states would be Oregon since the term manifest destiny was coined during the Oregon boundary dispute.
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Although manifest destiny is most closely associated with the territorial expansion of the United States from 1812 to 1860, it has been used in more modern times as well. President McKinley invoked the idea of manifest destiny when advocating for the annexation of Hawaii.
People in the United States believed that the country should be bigger.
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People believed that the United States was meant to grow in size.
They settled Utah territory, a largely desert land that almost nobody else at the time was interested in.
Henry David Thoreau opposed Manifest Destiny because he believed it promoted American expansionism and imperialism at the expense of indigenous peoples and the environment. He also criticized the government for its role in supporting this expansionist policy and believed it went against principles of individual conscience and morality.
Mission: Manifest Destiny; take Mexican territory, specifically California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada. Mission accomplished.
That we got more land. Since we got more land, we have been greedy and just trying to get more and more. Americans want to be he best, but were not. Were in over our heads in debt. We have over 500,000 dollars to repay people for our mistakes. I we didn't get that land, we wouldn't be greedy and we would be happy with what we have. I hope this helps :)