Manifest Destiny Ideology Provides Racist Justification for Territorial Conquest and Indigenous Genocide
John L. O’Sullivan coins the term “Manifest Destiny” in 1845 to describe the expansionist belief that American settlers are destined to expand westward across North America, and that this expansion is both obvious (manifest) and certain (destiny). The ideology is rooted in American …
John L. O'Sullivan
James K. Polk
U.S. government
Indigenous peoples
Anglo-American settlers
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