Manifest Destiny to Reconstruction
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US History [1]
Kym Garcia MANIFEST DESTINY TO RECONSTRUCTION Manifest Destiny: Phrase commonly used in the 1840's and 1850's. It expressed the inevitableness of continued expansion of the U.S. to the Pacific. It expressed the belief that it was America?s fate to move west and take over the new lands. Americans in Texas: Americans were offered land in Texas as long as they became Mexican citizens, abided by their laws and all became Catholics. They refused to abide by the closed borders, which caused disputes.