Manifest destiny is a term was the term used to describe what they felt was their god given right to expand. Belief of many american in the mid 1800s that god intended the united states to expand westward They believed that destiny was manifest or obvious. The people during the 1800’s believed expansion was justifiable and prevent destiny means something bound to happen you can’t escape it. this relates to the expansion because it was what made the americans who were trying to expand feel that way we're doing the right thing.
