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Who initiated the phrase "manifest destiny"?

a. John Tyler
b. John L. O'Sullivan
c. James K. Polk
d. William Henry Harrison

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User VinnyD
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Answer:

The correct answer is B. John O’Sullivan

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User Willeman
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It was "b. John L. O'Sullivan" who initiated the phrase "manifest destiny", since he--like many others of his day--felt that the United States was "destined" to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean. 
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