Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

Introduction

Manifest Destiny is an American philosophy to justify this is how this country has treated its place in the world and how to relate to other people. It is a doctrine, phrase and idea expressed the belief that the United States is destined to spread to the four winds as it supports the idea that is, to expand on the territories conquered in North America and, in general, on the Western Hemisphere. According to this ideology, not enough occupation of territories and therefore was also used to justify territorial acquisitions made ??by the United States (Merk, 2006).

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