Manifest Destiny Justification Analysis

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In this cartoon Manifest Destiny is justified. In the first box it shows the oxen's during the oregon trail. They look very exhausted and hot. The sun is the first symbol because it shows the suffering the animals and the people had to go through to get to Oregon. In the second box it shows an oxen that is now in Oregon after the Oregon Trail. The symbol to prove that Manifest Destiny is justified is the hay that the oxen now has and the shed for shade. It may have been a struggle to get to Oregon, but the people and animals made it and had a better life, so therefore in this cartoon Manifest Destiny is justified.

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