Consequences Of Manifest Destiny
Leslie Archie
August 10, 2016
AICE U.S. History
Manifest Destiny
Analyze the consequences of the American’s belief of Manifest Destiny in the mid-19th century.
Manifest Destiny is the belief that Americans had the right, sent from God, to expand their territory to the west. The sole reason for the westward expansionism and manifest destiny was because of the severe financial crisis in 1837. They also wanted to spread democracy and to conquer anything or anyone as they marched across the North American continent, known as modern day America. There were three main beliefs attached to Manifest Destiny. The first belief is that Americans would geographically, politically, and economically be able to expand their country to the continental limits. The second belief is that Americans would “Americanize” all people living within the continental limits, or in other words, change people to where they weren’t different from people that were actually American. Finally, the third belief is that American’s would get rid of both the people who resisted Americanization and the natural geographical forces that stood in their way. …show more content…
There were plenty of bad and good, but let’s start with the bad. One of the bad consequences is that rumors were started. There were rumors of unicorns, gargantuan woolly mastodons, erupting volcano’s, and mountains of un-dissolved salt. Manifest Destiny also impacted United State’s foreign policy as far as messing up the relationships that the USA had made with certain countries, including Mexico. The westward movement of American settlers, supported through the growing military capabilities of the U.S. Army, entailed a continuous series of confrontations with Native Tribes, which meant that these European settlers constitute a foreign invasion in and of
August 10, 2016
AICE U.S. History
Manifest Destiny
Analyze the consequences of the American’s belief of Manifest Destiny in the mid-19th century.
Manifest Destiny is the belief that Americans had the right, sent from God, to expand their territory to the west. The sole reason for the westward expansionism and manifest destiny was because of the severe financial crisis in 1837. They also wanted to spread democracy and to conquer anything or anyone as they marched across the North American continent, known as modern day America. There were three main beliefs attached to Manifest Destiny. The first belief is that Americans would geographically, politically, and economically be able to expand their country to the continental limits. The second belief is that Americans would “Americanize” all people living within the continental limits, or in other words, change people to where they weren’t different from people that were actually American. Finally, the third belief is that American’s would get rid of both the people who resisted Americanization and the natural geographical forces that stood in their way. …show more content…
There were plenty of bad and good, but let’s start with the bad. One of the bad consequences is that rumors were started. There were rumors of unicorns, gargantuan woolly mastodons, erupting volcano’s, and mountains of un-dissolved salt. Manifest Destiny also impacted United State’s foreign policy as far as messing up the relationships that the USA had made with certain countries, including Mexico. The westward movement of American settlers, supported through the growing military capabilities of the U.S. Army, entailed a continuous series of confrontations with Native Tribes, which meant that these European settlers constitute a foreign invasion in and of