Manifest destiny was the expansionist belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand westward across North America, and that this belief was both obvious (" …

Nov 25, 2025 · Propounded during the second half of the 19th century, the concept of Manifest Destiny held that it was the divinely ordained right of the United States to expand its borders to the Pacific …

Apr 5, 2010 · Manifest Destiny, coined sometime before 1820, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and …

Jan 17, 2023 · Manifest Destiny was the idea that America had the “divine right” to expand westward, all the way to the Pacific Ocean, regardless of how it affected Native American Indians, Mexicans, and …

At the heart of manifest destiny was the pervasive belief in American cultural and racial superiority. Native Americans had long been perceived as inferior, and efforts to "civilize" them had been …

Manifest Destiny is a term that encapsulates the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

Dec 10, 2025 · Few phrases in American history carry the weight of Manifest Destiny. Coined in 1845 by journalist John L. O’Sullivan, the term encapsulated a nation’s belief that it was not just a privilege …