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What connection did john l. o'sullivan's term "manifest destiny" have to american expansion of the mid-nineteenth century?

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Manifest destiny is the term referring to the idea or belief that settlers were destined to expand westward across North America. This appealed to expansionists because expanding was their dream and goal in the mid-nineteenth century
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