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The Spanish-American war and US occupation of Cuba and the Phillipines, among other things.

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What term was often used by American expansionalists to justify u.s westward expansion?

Manifest Destiny, Indian Removal Acts, and the Homestead Act were all ideas and policies that justified westward expansion.


Why was the term manifest destiny used?

To justify the expansion to the detriment of the native Americans.


What did Americans use manifest destiny to justify?

The Mexican-American War.


Expansionist a used the term manifest destiny to justify what belief?

The term Manifest Destiny was first used to support westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean. Manifest Destiny was a popular concept in 19th century America.


When the end of the 19th century the concept of Manifest Destiny was used to justify U.S. expansion into which of these places?

Asia and the Pacific


An idea used to justify the ever-westward spread of American citizens was called?

Manifest Destiny


What did the concept of manifest destiny justify?

It permitted American settlement on Indian land.


What is manfest deatiny?

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.


What idea of the late 1800 advocated us expansion?

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.


What was an example for propaganda during westward expansion?

An example of propaganda during westward expansion was the promotion of the idea of manifest destiny, which declared it was America's destiny to expand across the continent. This idea was used to justify the displacement and mistreatment of Native American tribes, framing it as part of a larger noble mission.


How were the concepts of manifest destiny and social Darwinism used to justify conditions in the 1800s?

Manifest destiny and social Darwinism were used to justify horrible actions toward minority peoples during the 1800s. Manifest destiny was the idea that the US should expand westward, and was used to steal Native American lands. Social Darwinism was the idea that the lighter skinned people were, the better they were. It was used to justify institutional racism.


During the 1840s Americans use the idea manifest destiny to justify?

Support westward expansion to the Pacific.