Manifest Destiny. Historian Matthew Pinsker gives a crash course on the concept of "manifest destiny" and the seeds of westward American expansion. read more
Historians have emphasized that "manifest destiny" was a contested concept—pre-civil war Democrats endorsed the idea but many prominent Americans (such as Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and most Whigs) rejected it. read more
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