asked 67.6k views
3 votes
What was manifest destiny and how did it affect the United States?

asked
User Fate
by
7.3k points

2 Answers

4 votes

Answer:

What was Manifest Destiny and how did it affect the United States? Manifest Destiny was an ideology of expansion across the continent. Some even wanted to annex Canada and Mexico. It affected the US because the idea drove expansion, annexation and active movement towards the west.

Step-by-step explanation:

(happy to help)

answered
User Vines
by
7.9k points
1 vote
Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.
answered
User Roddie
by
8.7k points

No related questions found

Welcome to Qamnty — a place to ask, share, and grow together. Join our community and get real answers from real people.