What is the main idea of manifest destiny?
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(m)\n\nManifest Destiny is a phrase that expressed the belief that the United States had a divinely inspired mission to expand, spreading its form of democracy and freedom. Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious ("manifest") and inevitable ("destiny"). Originally a political catch phrase of the 19th century, Manifest Destiny eventually became a standard historical term, often used as a synonym for the territorial expansion of the United States across North America towards the Pacific Ocean.\n\nManifest Destiny was always a general notion rather than a specific policy. The term combined a belief in expansionism with other popular ideas of the era, including American exceptionalism, Romantic nationalism, and a belief in the natural superiority of what was then called the "Anglo-Saxon race". While many writers focus primarily upon American expansionism when discussing Manifest Destiny, others see in the term a broader expression of a belief in America's "mission" in the world, which has meant different things to different people over the years. This variety of possible meanings was summed up by Ernest Lee Tuveson, who wrote: "A vast complex of ideas, policies, and actions is comprehended under the phrase 'Manifest Destiny.' They are not, as we should expect, all compatible, nor do they come from any one source."[1]\n\nThe phrase "Manifest Destiny" was first used primarily by Jackson Democrats in the 1840s to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States (the Oregon Territory, the Texas Annexation, and the Mexican Cession). The term was revived in the 1890s, this time with Republican supporters, as a theoretical justification for U.S. expansion outside of North America. The term fell out of usage by U.S. policy makers early in the 20th century, but some commentators believe that aspects of Manifest Destiny, particularly the belief in an American "mission" to promote and defend democracy throughout the world, continued to have an influence on American political ideology.[2]\n\nNote that this article is not a history of the territorial expansion of the United States, nor is it the story of the westward migration of settlers to the American frontier. Manifest Destiny was an explanation or justification for that expansion and westward movement, or, in some interpretations, an ideology or doctrine which helped to promote the process. This article is a history of Manifest Destiny as an idea, and the influence of that idea upon American expansion.
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Well the united states was growing and expanding back in the 1800's and they were trying to push their beliefs on everoyone else,   (freedom, and self governing and all that)  but they didnt think the indians were smart enough so they ignored them and that cause problems.\n\nthats like manifest destiny 101  :)\n\nsteffy
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as far as I know, this country was formed on the back of the indians, built by the hands of slaves, and once that was finished, they want to reap the benefits without sharing. \nKind of like the ant and the grasshopper.\n\nLet people have freedom to come to the land of the free, and stop blowing money on alcahol, drugs, gambling, and stripclubs.\n\nWhere is our God????
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The manifests of each party really are not that different.  The areas of major difference you hear are mostly rhetoric.  \n\nI was about to write about each in a nutshell but feel I would do it a disservice in this venue.  Suffice to say that when you hear the extremist views here and in the news you do not hear the majority.  Most people tend to the middle, want social programs for children and some adults, do not want high taxes but can pay some, and feel the military is very important.  The 'how' is discussed at length.  \n\nYou seem intelligent so here are the web pages for each party.  Look past the jargon for yourself.
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There are several.  The main theme is the struggle between freedom and slavery.  \n\nThese links should help.  Good luck with your project.
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I like your question, but unfortunately have no clue what is meant by the term: "American Dream".\n\nI do have some knowledge of what it is that I want though.\n\nThe thing I value most in life is... FREEDOM to come, go, and do as I choose.\n\nTherefore "MY DREAM" is... to have more of that which I value most.
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I think we should break down the questions into three parts, and address the overarching themes (since we do not know what the final shape of the immigration bill will be).\n\nFIRST PART:\nShould there be immigration? The answer is a resounding yes. America is a nation of immigrants, and unless you're the great grandson of Sitting Bull, you are of immigrant origin. Immigration is what gives strength to this country: where do you think George Washington and Lincoln came from, spontaneous combustion? What about Einstein? \n\nFurthermore, while many sit around and complain about immigrants, the US is the country with the most transnational corporations in the world, which means we derive a great portion of our wealth from doing business abroad--so I think we can take a few immigants from those countries in which we do business. Mexico happens to be our fourth largest trading partner which means a lot of Americans have jobs because Mexicans are buying our products. \n\nAlso note that a lot of Americans are staffing the branches of US transnational corporations in other countries. For instance, Japan is the country with the second largest population of Americans (after the US, evidently, and excluding Iraq and Afghanistan were American populations are in theory temporary) and Mexico is the country with the third largest population of Americans.\n\nIt's true that it would be good if Mexico could provide enough work for its own citizens, but the fact is that it cannot do that yet; as neighbors the US and Mexico need to sit down and work together to find a solution. Building a fence will not even help; we'll probably have to hire immigrants to help us build it!\n\nSeparately, someone claimed that immigrants come here to take advantage of Social Security and our welfare state. In fact, statistically speaking, it has been proved again and again that immigrants work hard enough to earn their Social Security, just like any other worker in America. In addition, it's also a statistical fact that there are more Americans on welfare than immigrants; illegal immigrants do not really have access to it, since they are not US citizens and cannot receive it.\n\nHaving said that, you might say, "OK, but there ought to be a legal process to allow immigrants".  Fair enough. Which leads me to the second part of my answer.\n\nSECOND PART: \nShould there be a temporary guest workers program (which President Bush has proposed) that will eventually allow immigrants to become citizens?\nBy all means. Immigration is actually good to oil the global economy and the American economy. As economies develop, such as the US economy has, the citizens become more wealthy and better educated, which leads them to look for better paying jobs. If you are well educated, you are not going to apply for a fruit-picking job, you'll try to become a lawyer, businessman or a college professor, for example. Immigrants are the ones who help us do the jobs in sectors that suffer from labor deficits.\n\nThere are those who argue that if immigrants didn't come to the US, the minimum wage would be higher and therefore US citizens would be more willing to do those jobs. That's nonsense, because of what I just explained: a better educated population does not want to work in agriculture, work as house maids or delivery boys! If Mexico and the rest of Latin America fell of the face of the Earth, other immigrants would come from other countries to take up the jobs that nobody else is doing. In fact, that's what happened when most people came from Europe over the last 200 years. Do you think my or your great-great grandaddy was the Duke of Earl? He was likely as uneducated as any immigrant you meet on the Texas border!\n\nHaving said that, I understand the frustration that many people feel when they see immigrants coming to the US and getting jobs while they are having trouble getting jobs themselves. However, that's not the fault of the immigr
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If that is slavery, what is freedom to you? Freedom to not persue anything? Is that what you call freedom?\n\nThe American dream might be elusive, but to those who strive to get it, usually does, or else the concept might have died long ago.\n\nYes, I was indebt, too. But I had the FREEDOM to pay it off. I never displaced any of my responsibility to anyone else, keeping in mind the freedom to do and rise at a greater height than what I could reach, so as NOT to blame a "system" to my short comings.\n\nYou are only a slave if you view yourself as such. But if see yourself as a free man realizing his potential and applying his unbound liberty to rise among the rest, then you are trully a free man.\n\nBut yet, some are too lazy to do something at this freedom. Instead, succumbs to blame, mostly displacing it other than themselves. They are slaves... Slaves to themselves and their weakness, never realizing their potential.
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Manifest Destiny is a term that was used by Americans saying that the country was called by God to essentially be the ruler of the continent.  So, when the Americans gained new territory in North America, the people simply said it was due to manifest destiny.
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MORE MOTIVATED!\n\nImmigration will be one of the biggest factors I think also!
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Basically what we now call nation-building.  League of Nations - global economic realities.  Love this quote:  "A progressive country would be one where the people were able to take care of themselves."
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All you have to do is study the Civil War... and to see which US States were Union States and which states were Rebel States.  As to %, there is no figures to answer your question... as to the intentions of individuals... that is impossible to answer at this late date...
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The main theme of "The Great Gatsby" is the rise and fall of the American Dream. Look to the passage of the Dutch Settlers in the end of the book as an analogy of hope for a new start in America and then look to examples of how the main characters fail through their excess and misdeeds as to why the "Dream" falls.\n\nRacism is also a minor theme discussed through the book.
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It's the Emancipation Proclamation. Do your own homework!
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Location-location-location firstly.\nThat's why we are the "Crossroads of the world"\n\nWhich brings us to immigration...by people suffering from tyrannical rule all over the globe. We captured these immigrants minds, souls and vast reservoirs of talent before their offspring's went off on something called "Manifest Destiny".\n\nThen there was something called opportunity. To live life as you saw fit and if you worked hard at could make your dreams come true...the port of New York became the greatest and most ethnically commercial sound port in the world, both for merchants and consumers. We had and still have anything and everything any ethnic group needs to have in order to feel at home.\nI'm not sure but I believe mile for mile we have the greatest concentration of places of worship of all ethnic groups found anywhere in the world.\nI won't ramble on and on you should grasp the point by now.
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Write the main idea of the whole story.
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Uh.....Sorry to break it to you, but those don't exist......Christopher Columbus, didn't need papers, he came in the name of an Imperial State, which was Spain.....They could go where ever they wanted......Without papers.....Convenient huh?\n\n"Imperialism is an institution under which one nation asserts the right to seize the land or at least to control the government or resources of another people."\n\n~John T. Flynn