Manifest Destiny
The mid-1840s were years of extraordinary territorial growth for the United States, a period in which the national domain increased by 1.2 million square miles, a gain of more than si...
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Throughout the history of the nation, the United States and its citizens have never been satisfied with what they have. During the mid-nineteenth century, this was especially the case. The idea of Man...
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"It is manifest destiny." Said President William McKinley when questioned on his annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. Manifest Destiny was the term used to describe some Americans' beliefs that God or...
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"Manifest Destiny" was a phrase first introduced by John L. O'Sullivan in 1845. This term refers to the belief that Americans had the God given right to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific. From 1...
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Manifest Destiny was a dream of expansion, a belief that it was destiny that Americans would spread westward. After the war of 1812 Americans were confident and had a strong sense of nationalism. T...
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John Lewis O'Sullivan, an intelligent writer, once stated that the young nation of the United States of America could be transformed into "an Empire of Liberty, stretching from Atlantic to Pacific." ...
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Manifest Destiny
