| Chapters on manifest destiny and the Indian wars trace Ambrose's own travels across the country. |
| But in truth, you know, that was really the birth of what would become manifest destiny and the western expansion. |
| That worked in post-Puritan America and led to the doctrine of manifest destiny and some positive missions. |
| The first paper draws our attention to the concept of manifest destiny and current war discourse in the American context. |
| The belief in manifest destiny had opened up North America as far as the West Coast, and after the Civil War the nation had come of age. |
| Americans looked to the western lands as an opportunity for large amounts of free land, for growth of industry, and manifest destiny. |
