AP US History note
Subject:
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
