Brief American History

In the early 1840s most of the American public were persuaded that God's given freedom, that they enjoyed, was to be spread out to as much territories as it was possible. Americans saw how their democratic institutions really worked. Therefore, they were determined to take possession of neighboring land and establish the same institutions there. However, besides the political ideals, there was also a greed for land. Most of the members of the Democratic Party were destined to expend the territories of the Untied States. That emotional upsurge was called Manifest Destiny. Although Manifest Destiny was criticized by some people as blatantly racist, it enjoyed support among U.S. citizens and politicians in the mid- and late 1800s. …