Essays on Manifest Destiny

The Mexican War is an important part of history, making it America’s first foreign war. This war took the timeline of 1846 to 1848 making it two years that the soldiers had to fight in and experience intense routine in their daily lives. The author, James M. McCaffrey breaks down day-to-day life challenges the soldiers...

Manifest Destiny is an image drawn by John Gast that shows Columbia, a female figure of America leading Americans to the West and into the future. This image by Gast was drawn to describe the term that was coined during the 1840s regarding the belief that it was a time for America to expand Westward....

Manifest Destiny started when Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana purchase. Thomas Jefferson sent two people lewis and Clark. Lewis and Clark and the corps of discovery set off with the help of there guide Sacagawea. Sacagawea was a French Canadian indian guide/interpreter. Then they split up at the Mississippi, Clark went by foot and lewis...