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    The document discusses how Manifest Destiny motivated U.S. expansion from 1830 to 1905 through the ideas of American superiority and expanding democracy. It argues that while American superiority provided some motivation, such as during the Texas Revolution, expanding democracy was a more powerful driving force as seen in the annexation of Texas, the New Echota Treaty removing Cherokees, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo gaining territory in the Mexican Cession. Manifest Destiny portrayed the U.S. as bringing its democratic institutions to more areas, which was used to justify further territorial acquisition and expansion.

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    The document discusses how Manifest Destiny motivated U.S. expansion from 1830 to 1905 through the ideas of American superiority and expanding democracy. It argues that while American superiority provided some motivation, such as during the Texas Revolution, expanding democracy was a more powerful driving force as seen in the annexation of Texas, the New Echota Treaty removing Cherokees, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo gaining territory in the Mexican Cession. Manifest Destiny portrayed the U.S. as bringing its democratic institutions to more areas, which was used to justify further territorial acquisition and expansion.

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    After the United States completed the Louisiana Purchase, it began to look toward the West to expand
    its influence in several ways. Means such as Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act, and the expeditions
    of Lewis and Clark paved the way for America to fulfill the ideas of Manifest Destiny. This led to
    controversy inside the U.S. about imperialism, and resistance from other countries and American Indians
    whose land the U.S. wanted to expand into.

    Manifest Destiny’s ideas of American superiority and the expansion of democracy motivated United
    States expansion from 1830 to 1905, with expansion of democracy being the more potent idea.

    Manifest Destiny’s idea of American superiority motivated United States expansion from 1830 to 1905
    to a lesser extent. Americans began moving to Texas in the early 1800s, but they disagreed with
    Mexico’s rules, which required the Americans to convert to Catholicism and become Mexican citizens.
    Since they felt that American culture was superior, they resisted against Santa Anna when he came with
    his military to enforce Mexican rule. This resulted in the Texas Revolution and eventually Texas’s
    annexation to the United States. In Polk’s Inaugural Address, Polk argued that expansion would make
    the Union stronger, which aligns with American superiority outlined in Manifest Destiny. His purpose
    was to justify more expansion eventually into Mexico’s Territory, which he achieved by forcing Mexican
    Cession in the Mexican American war (Doc 2).

    Manifest Destiny’s support of the expansion of democracy motivated United States expansion from
    1830-1905 to a greater extent. Marshall Everett’s eagle over the earth, along with the sun in the
    background, makes the United States appear powerful and majestic. This is in the context of the
    controversy surrounding the United States earning the Guam and Puerto Rico from the Treaty of Paris
    and buying the Philippines. The cartoon justifies expansion and supports Manifest Destiny by showing
    how democracy is expanded across the world(Doc 5). The New Echota Treaty was protested by the
    Cherokees, since it took away their land and their established government and law. However, Manifest
    Destiny considered American democracy to be superior to Cherokee government, so America followed
    through with the treaty(Doc 1). William Seward was concerned that the expansion of slavery would
    threaten American’s republic. His audience was Americans in support of Manifest Destiny. Since he
    knew that Manifest Destiny advocated for expansion of democracy, he appealed to this idea in order to
    argue for abolition(Doc 3). The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo also was motivated by the idea of
    expansion of democracy. It gave the United States all the land between Texas and California. Imperialists
    justified this with manifest destiny’s idea of expanding democracy.

    Manifest Destiny’s ideas of American superiority, shown in the Texas Revolution, and the expansion of
    democracy, shown in the New Echota Treaty, motivated United States expansion from 1830 to 1905,
    with expansion of democracy being the more potent idea.

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