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The Components Of Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny was the major factor in the change of expanding North America. The United States though that they were destined to expand as it is implied in the name. While many people opposed of Manifest Destiny saying the it was a way for Americans to be selfish and take land. The toping over the issue of slavery also lurked behind Manifest Destiny. William E. Montgomery and Andres Tijerina explained how the Americans came up with a new saying “Manifest Destiny” to explain the expansion of territory. The phrase was first used by John L. O’Sullivan. With the new territory, the United States became larger and wealthier. This affected the lives of working class such as the middle and lower-class farmers by the large amount of territory that came to be. While in the process of this it also alienates the Hispanics and Native American residents of the far west. They also wanted to bring slavery into the new territories and make those sates become slave states as well, yet the northerners did not want to extend slavery. …show more content…

Welling on the article “The components of Manifest Destiny,” it had many components that were behind it such as religious influence, sense of mission, and how it was negative. Many Christians believed that God wanted them to expand America. In the sense of mission many saw Manifest Destiny as a form of domination. They were able to dominate more territory in the North America. The negative side of the Manifest Destiny was that it was a selfish was to expand. They were destroying Indian land, the men behind Manifest Destiny believed they had all the power and could do anything to expand across the western territories. They also intended to destroy the Indian

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