Every nation to ever exist had some sense of a national destiny or purpose. “Manifest Destiny” is a phrase used by politicians in the 1840s to explain continental expansion in the United States. Americans felt that it was their destiny and their God given right to expand the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In order to understand Manifest Destiny, it is important to understand the need and desire of the United States to expand and advance. Due to a high birth rate, immigration, and economic depression, America had to expand. The United States put the Manifest Destiny into action in several ways including: territorial expansion and settlement on the frontier. As the United States was look to expand its territory, the government
