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- 1. the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
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- Manifest destiny
Cultural belief of 19th-century American expansionists
Manifest destiny was a phrase that represented the belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand westward across North America, and that this belief was both obvious ("manifest") and certain ("destiny"). The belief was rooted in American exceptionalism and Romantic nationalism, implying the inevitable spread of the Republican form of governance. It was one... Wikipedia
