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The Manifest Destiny of the United States and the Spanish-American War

In the latter part of the nineteenth century , the foreign policy of the United States of America appeared to have been created with a possible imperialist objective . During the second half of the 1800s , the United States had acquired more territories through annexation . The possession of these additional lands was influenced by the American belief in the Manifest Destiny . If the American people did not believe in such claim the nation would

not have expanded as such . One historical outcome which was directly influenced by the belief in Manifest Destiny was the Spanish-American War . Indeed , it was to a great extent that the 19th century foreign policy of the United States was an implementation of the continued claim of Manifest Destiny

What is the Manifest Destiny ? Why does it encourage the United States to become aggressive in territorial expansion ? The phrase originated in the 1840s , and it was used by Americans to justify the U .S . acquisition of land (Ferrell 117 . Since the 17th century , Americans had moved further in the west . Many of them believed that it was the fate of the United States to share with the world its institutions . By the 19th century , there was a renewed confidence in the ability of the United States to expand . In 1845 , an editor from New York named John L . O Sullivan coined the phrase when he wrote that the fulfilment of our...