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John Gast , American Progress (Manifest Destiny) (1872)

John Gast , American Progress (Manifest Destiny) (1872). Manifest Destiny. EQ: How Justifiable was US expansion in the 1800s? Manifest Destiny means  obvious fate John O’Sullivan wrote that the US’ “manifest destiny to overspread and possess the whole continent”.

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John Gast , American Progress (Manifest Destiny) (1872)

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  1. John Gast, American Progress (Manifest Destiny) (1872)

  2. Manifest Destiny • EQ: How Justifiable was US expansion in the 1800s? • Manifest Destiny means obvious fate • John O’Sullivan wrote that the US’ “manifest destiny to overspread and possess the whole continent”. • The US he said had the divine right to settle this area • Although Britain had lands and Mexico’s claims, he believed it was the duty of the US to extend the blessings of democracy to new lands and people’s. • By 1848 the United States great experiment had become reality the US tripled in size in a little more than a single lifetime • Manifest destiny took many forms: treaties, settlement, and war

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