Manifest Destiny
Westward Expansion
Published on 30. April 2009
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-60413-055-3 (ISBN)
Description
As the population of the 13 colonies grew and the economy developed, the desire to expand into new land increased. Nineteenth-century Americans believed it was their divine right to expand their territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. 'Manifest destiny', a phrase first used in 1839 by journalist John O'Sullivan, embodied the belief that God had given the United States a mission to spread a republican democracy across the continent. Advocates of manifest destiny were determined to carry out their mission and instigated several wars, including the war with Mexico to win much of what is now the southwestern United States. In ""Manifest Destiny"", learn how this philosophy to spread out across the land shaped our nation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Seventh Grade to Twelfth Grade, Interest Age: From 12 to 17 years
Illustrations
full-colour & black-&-white photographs, bibliographical sidebars, excerpts from primary source documents, chronology, timeline, bibliography, further reading, footnotes, index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60413-055-3 (9781604130553)
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Person
Shane Mountjoy lives in York, Nebraska, where he is associate professor of history at York College. He holds an A.A. from York College, a B.A. from Lubbock Christian University, an M.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Mountjoy has written and edited more than 10 books, including Philadelphia and St. Augustine in the Chelsea House series Colonial Settlements in America.