Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny is a phrase that expressed the belief that the United States had a divinely inspired mission to expand, to progress, and to spread its form of democracy and freedom. Originally a political catch phrase of the nineteenth century, Manifest Destiny eventually became a standard historical term, often used as a synonym for the territorial expansion of the United States across North America towards the Pacific Ocean.

External links

• Entry from The Reader's Companion to American History
• Several Manifest Destiny articles from the PBS website on the U.S.–Mexican War
• http://www.dickshovel.com/two.html