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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. 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 ...
John Louis O'Sullivan (November 15, 1813 – March 24, 1895) was an American columnist, editor, and diplomat who coined the term "manifest destiny" in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States. [1]
To convey a sense of “ambition” for his second term, Trump evoked Manifest Destiny — the 19th-century idea that American settlers would inevitably expand westward across the continent — at ...
Adams’ treaty “was a crucial step in fulfilling America’s Manifest Destiny,” expanding U.S. territory for the first time from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, American History Central ...
Trump did, at times, speak in aspirational terms, referring to the country's "manifest destiny" and suggesting that he sought to expand its territory. Trump also called for unity when he first ...
Annexation fears can be found throughout Canadian History for Dummies, in which humourist Will Ferguson stated that for "John L. O'Sullivan, it was the 'manifest destiny' of the United States to annex and possess all of North America". [51]
By framing his remarks as a revival of Manifest Destiny, they misunderstand his intentions and reinforce the dynamics of Trumpian politics. His rhetoric reflects insecurities within the political ...
The public now linked expansion with slavery; if Manifest Destiny had once enjoyed widespread popular approval, this was no longer true. [ 2 ] The outbreak of the American Civil War in 1860 put a temporary end to the expansionist attempts, but as the Civil War faded into history, the term Manifest destiny experienced a brief revival.