1840s: Manifest destiny and the push west
©World History Archive/Alamy Stock Photo
While the westward drive came partly out of necessity – the population was booming and so was the need for land and resources – it soon took on a philosophical dimension as the term ‘manifest destiny’ came into vogue. First coined by The Democratic Review in July 1845, it expressed the widely held sentiment that American expansionism was an inevitability.
This seemed undeniable by 1848, when the end of the Mexican-American War resulted in major land losses for Mexico and added what is now California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and much of Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming to complete the final push west.
Manifest destiny
© Copyright: Юрий Слободенюк, 2024
Свидетельство о публикации №124051906399
Свидетельство о публикации №124051906399
Рецензии