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    up even more land. A forth reason why the plains indians lost control of their land is because of ’manifest destiny’. White settlers thought that it was their manifest destiny to travel to the west. This was their justification for all of their actions‚ even treating the indians badly. Because of this manifest destiny more and more settlers traveled to the plains to fufill their manifest destiny‚ but unfortunatly this led to even more of the plains indians loosing

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    William McKinley‚ in his first inaugural address on March 4‚ 1897‚ explicitly stated  that according to the principle foundation of the U.S. government‚ it is his duty to keep  peaceful relations with foreign countries. Directly adopting George Washington’s advice  in his farewell address of 1792‚ McKinley states‚ “ It will be our aim to pursue a firm and  dignified foreign policy‚ which shall be just‚ impartial‚ ever watchful of our national  honor..”.1 Essentially‚ McKinley entered office with the belief that it is only best to have a 

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    How was U.S. overseas imperialism in 1898 similar to and different from earlier American expansion across North America‚ or "Manifest Destiny?" Was this "new imperialism" a fundamental departure from America’s tradition‚ or simple a further extension of "westward migration?" In 1898 when the United States was expanding from Hawaii to the Philippines ideas of Manifest Destiny come to mind. This neo-imperialism was not a fundamental departure from America’s tradition. Because Americans believed that

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    America is often considered one of the most wealthy and powerful countries in the world. The United States is associated with global reverence and respect; however‚ could a nation so great preserve indigenous societies continuously impeding the country’s potential growth without giving up on aspirations of success and expansion? Would our country exist as the power symbol it is today without certain actions that removed the barriers preventing American expansion and growth? Although the aboriginal

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    countries and decided to stay out of Hungary’s fight.  The United States wanted to expand down west and also focus their attention on the Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny is the idea of having the United States stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The United States stopped all involvement with all fights and focused on their plan for the Manifest Destiny.  Intervention The United States proposes the Open Door Policy in 1899 should be categorized as Intervention. The Open Door Policy

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    Native Americans in the 19th century felt they were not. The term Manifest Destiny was first defined by journalist‚ John L. O’Sullivan in 1845 as‚ “And that claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.” In my own terms I would define Manifest Destiny as the American governments mission to remake the world in the

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    it “The Manifest Destiny”. John L. O’Sullivan was the first person to coin the saying Manifest Destiny. (Brands‚ Breen‚ Gross‚ Williams 320) He first used it by saying that foreign governments were conspiring to block the annexation of Texas to thwart “the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by providence for free development of our yearly multiplying millions.” O’Sullivan believed that there were three main ideas that were behind our manifest destiny and he

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    America was founded by multiple states‚ from different regions and subsequently different styles of life‚ which made the possibility of their union unstable and uncertain. But‚ because they were united by a common goal- to break free of Britain’s despotic sovereignty- the American colonies were able to win their independence from Britain and become the United States of America. This dichotomy between the states’ different styles of life and their shared goal laid the foundation for the forces of

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    were many reasons for the expansion that were equally as important and impactful as slavery. The annexation of new states would allow the United States to grow economically and industrially. With John O’ Sullivan’s and the government’s view of “Manifest Destiny”‚ it was an American’s obligation to expand because of their national pride and superiority over Mexicans‚ African Americans‚ and Native Americans. The opponents of the addition of Texas and the Mexican War attacked slavery as being the primary

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    To what extent is it accurate to claim that the ideal of manifest destiny was a motivating factor in the western expansions of the United States? The 1840s was a time of great territorial expansion during which the United States fought to annex Texas‚ acquire the Oregon territory‚ and conquer California and New Mexico from Mexico. As the people sought reasoning behind their territorial ambitions‚ a belief known as Manifest Destiny sprouted from their feeling of nationality as they came to believe

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