Manifest Destiny - An Expression of Our National Spirit [1848 to 1852] Manifest Destiny, one of the most influential ideologies in American history, served as the justification for the nation’s territorial expansion in the antebellum era.
DIRECT LINK TO ARTICLE: Manifest Destiny: What It Meant for American Expansion
SOURCE CITATION: McNamara, Robert. "Manifest Destiny: What It Meant for American Expansion." ThoughtCo, Aug. 25, 2020, thoughtco.com/what-is-manifest-destiny-1773604.
Author Robert J. McNamara is a history expert and former magazine journalist. He was Amazon.com's first-ever history editor and has bylines in New York, the Chicago Tribune, and other national outlets.
