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Manifest Destiny

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American: Isolationist to Imperialist Factors: Yellow Journalism Closing of the frontier New emerging international interest. Agricultural & industrial boom Military/strategic interests/new Navy Darwinism Manifest Destiny Incidents Reverend Josiah Strong's Our Country:? Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis inspired missionaries to travel to foreign nations. William R. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer led the fabricated atrocities of Cuba apart of the new "yellow journalism."? The two men caused the American people to believe that conditions in Cuba were worse than they actually were. Make people adventurous

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Chapter 18 John Tyler ? Originally Democrat, ran as a Whig and shot down most Whig legislation. Refused to revive BUS and disapproved funding internal improvements, passed Tariff of 1842. Successfully annexed Texas James Polk ? Democrat, elected as president on Manifest Destiny platform, lowered protective tariff, revived independent treasury, acquired Oregon, seized California in Mexican War Caroline and Creole Incidents British force sink American ship Caroline British officials in the Bahamas offered asylum to 130 Virginia slaves who had rebelled and captured the American ship Creole Aroostook War ? Feuding of lumberjacks, small skirmishes on Maine?s claimed territory of the northern/eastern border that was also claimed by England.

Moving to west

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Test #5 (missing 235-259) The Frontier Lures Settlers American Mission ? 1840s begin to move westward and southward ?the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions,? John L. O?Sullivan Manifest destiny ? express their belief that the US? destiny was to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory. Attitudes Toward the Frontier ? Attraction: Abundance of land in West. Harbors in Oregon Territory to help expand trade Had personal economic problems (Panic of 1837) Settlers and Native Americans ? Some Native Americans try to maintain traditions on new lands, some fought the whites off land, some advanced with the white culture

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I. The Philosophy That Created A Nation A. Introduction -Manifest Destiny was the driving force that changed and expanded America B. Manifest Destiny-The Intangible of American History -American history has a cause and an effect, and can be tied to a date-making it tangible -manifest destiny however cannot be tied to a specific date-it is more like a “movement” C. Coining the Phrase -1845, John L. O'Sullivan gave the movement its name and tried to explain it -he said they have the right to spread through the continent for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federaltive development of self government; like a tree that spreads in the air -manifest destiny was posted on newspapers, and argued by politicians -this was the spark for American expansion
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