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  2. Manifest destiny - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. Cultural belief of 19th-century American expansionists For other uses, see Manifest Destiny (disambiguation). American Progress (1872) by John Gast is an allegorical representation of the modernization of the new west. Columbia, a personification of the United States, is shown leading ...

  3. Timeline of the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of the 19th century. ... later called Manifest Destiny. ... This event represents the end of the American Old West.

  4. Native American genocide in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States justified manifest destiny with the Doctrine of Discovery, a fifteenth century international law developed by the Catholic Church. Three landmark Supreme Court cases, the Marshall Trilogy, invoked the Doctrine of Discovery to declare that Native Americans were domestic dependent Nations and only had limited sovereignty on ...

  5. William Walker (filibuster) - Wikipedia

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    William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary.In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of "manifest destiny", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing colonies.

  6. History of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Manifest destiny was the belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent. [100] Manifest destiny was rejected by modernizers, especially the Whigs like Henry Clay and Abraham Lincoln who wanted to build cities and factories – not more farms. [b] Democrats strongly favored expansion, and won the key election of 1844.

  7. 1845 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    December 2 – Manifest Destiny: U.S. President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the Monroe Doctrine should be strictly enforced and that the United States should aggressively expand into the West. December 5 – The Templars of Honor and Temperance is founded in the United States. December 6 – Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity is founded.

  8. American frontier - Wikipedia

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    Timeline and periods. ... historical events and folklore of the ... Manifest Destiny was the controversial belief that the United States was preordained to expand ...

  9. History of the United States (1815–1849) - Wikipedia

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    Manifest destiny did however provide the rhetorical tone for the largest acquisition of U.S. territory. It was used by Democrats in the 1840s to justify the war with Mexico. It was also used to threaten war with Britain, but President Polk negotiated a compromise that divided the Oregon Country half and half. Merk concludes: