How did President James K. Polk use the philosophy of Manifest Destiny to expand the territories of the United States?
Manifest Destiny is the belief that we as Americans have the right to grow and expand throughout the world as we please. Some historical milestones of Manifest Destiny in the U.S. are that President James K. Polk was mainly elected because he believed this and he used it to expand our territories. The president got up in front of tons of people and declared that gold was in California. Another was the gold rush and peoples wish to expand West. During the Gold Rush thousands of people from America and other countries raced to California to make their fortune. In the start of the gold rush there wasn’t much competition and there were people of different race working right next to eachother. A few did but most did not. This still powered the idea of Manifest Destiny in the US. Most of the people who did were not miners but people who set up shops for the miners and they made a lot of money off of the miners.
California became a state.The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave us land from Texas to Oregon. The Mexican American war also gave us a lot of land and increased the belief of Manifest Destiny in American citizens.The population boom in California is an example of Manifest Destiny and the immigration. Brigham Young led the Mormon religion West to California for religious freedom.
California became a state.The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave us land from Texas to Oregon. The Mexican American war also gave us a lot of land and increased the belief of Manifest Destiny in American citizens.The population boom in California is an example of Manifest Destiny and the immigration. Brigham Young led the Mormon religion West to California for religious freedom.
The idea of Manifest Destiny created racial and ethnic tension because with all of the immigration some Americans thought that God chose them for Manifest Destiny and nobody else. So they tried to run out the immigrants. For example in the gold rush as the gold became scarce they tried to run out the non Americans by saying this isn’t your country get out. Some other racial and ethnic tension was with the Chinese, Mexicans, and African Americans and we (meaning Americans) discriminated them. A high tension was with the Native Americans. The more we pushed them off their land the more they fought back and rebelled causing many deaths and hardships.
I see an example of Manifest Destiny in politics today and one is that Russia is trying to get Ukraine to join them. Another example is how we took Iraq and Afghanistan. The idea of Manifest Destiny has influenced our country greatly.
Matthew S.
I see an example of Manifest Destiny in politics today and one is that Russia is trying to get Ukraine to join them. Another example is how we took Iraq and Afghanistan. The idea of Manifest Destiny has influenced our country greatly.
Matthew S.