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Manifest Destiny was a term used in the 19th century to describe a policy of Imperialism rationalized as inevitable, as if granted by God. Many people used manifest destiny to express their beliefs that the united states destiny was to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory.

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What was the belief that the US should expand its territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

It was known as Manifest Destiny and was a factor in American foreign policy during the 19th century.


Who favored the policy of manifest destiny?

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What were the reason for expansion?

To fulfill the American policy of Manifest Destiny.


Did manifest destiny help the us expand?

Yes it did. As a result of the policy of Manifest Destiny, the USA now reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.


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Explain three general reasons that were fueling US imperialist policy in the 1880's?

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The belief that the right to all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific belonged to Americans is called manifest destiny. Manifest destiny was not a specific policy, but a general notion.


Manifest Destiny is related to what?

.A policy of imperialistic expansion defended as necessary or benevolent.often Manifest Destiny The 19th-century doctrine that the United States had the right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent.


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.


How was the land that makes up the present-day US acquired?

Through Manifest Destiny, a government policy of expanding the USA from ocean to ocean.


What were some of the polocies that defined the jacksonian democracy?

One policy of Jacksonian democracy was to avoid divisive debates over slavery. Another policy was the support of Manifest Destiny and westward expansion.


Why did Henry David Thoreau oppose Manifest Destiny?

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.