I’m working on a social justice question and need guidance to help me study.What was “Manifest Destiny” and how does it explain U.S. actions in terms of early to middle 19th century foreign policy, including U.S. relations with Native American groups?
Even though the phrase was not used until 1845, it was clearly in effect earlier. Explain.
Consider including in your paper the following events/people: John L. O’Sullivan, Lewis and Clark, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, American Indians, the Louisiana Purchase, Missouri Compromise, the Monroe Doctrine, the Mexican-American War, Kansas-Nebraska, the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Clause, John Brown, Mexican American War, the Dred Scott Decision.
Requirements: 250 words | .doc file