Manifest Destiny Analysis

Around the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, America was at its peak of power. We were and still are a strong social, economic and political nation. It was because of this that America had become obsessed with expansion. Even after we expanded as far west as our boarders would allow; we still needed more land. The United States needed to expand overseas. The only way we could do this was through an imperialistic beginning. Along with our obsession with expansion, America is obsessed with money, the idea of manifest destiny, and-to some extent-national security. In order to obtain these desires, we, the United States, will do just about anything if need be. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, America realized
Josiah Strong was a strong believer in the idea of manifest destiny. He believed that it was God’s will for the Anglo-Saxon race take hold of the unoccupied lands before other countries. The Anglo-Saxon race sought to modernize, Christianize and civilize the world. He was impressed by the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race and encourage Americans to be more like them in their religious views and their values. He thought that if we become more like them, manifest destiny will help us expand. Along with God’s will, Darwin’s theory of “survival of the fittest” will help us succeed. Theodore Roosevelt also believed in Darwinism. To him Darwinism meant that “the earth belonged to the strong and the fit.” His idea of Darwinism went along with his big stick policy, which basically said that if you can’t run your country right we, the United States will intervene. In Roosevelt’s annual message to Congress, he tells them that all the United States wants is for neighboring countries to be politically, socially, and economically stable. If a country cannot be that we will get involved, otherwise we will leave them alone. If we don’t get involved if they need our help we are going against the Monroe Doctrine. INSULAR