Christina S. answered • 01/22/21
Talented history major looking to share her knowledge.
I’m not 100% sure I understand the question that you’re asking. Manifest destiny was a term coined in 1845 that the United States, think everything to the east of the Mississippi River, was destined and pre-ordained by God to grow and expand its civilization. Of course the implication of this was that Native American civilization was lesser than the United States civilization and should be “civilized”. this push for expansion was fueled by the need for space and resources that existed in what would be the Louisiana purchase. If you think of the United States like I said at this time it’s basically everything east of the Mississippi river this whole area has been settled for a while it’s been settled it’s been worked it’s been overworked in terms of resources. And now we have this huge land purchase from the French that promises untold amount of resources and wealth can be found out in the wilds if you will. And the only thing standing in the way are these people who already have establish civilizations. This mindset had to be created. Manifest destiny was nothing more than a propaganda film touting America the beautiful. And the results the domino effect of manifest destiny was the destruction of native indigenous peoples cultures, continued enslavement of African-Americans and the racial crimes against Irish and Chinese immigrants. Manifest destiny will set the stage for the American Civil War and truly a lot of the racial tensions that we still fight today
