We are approaching the 150th anniversary of the event that completed that surge known as American Manifest Destiny.

And the route further engendered another profound change in the American mind. Here was manifest destiny wrought in iron; here were two coasts united; here was an interior open to settlement.

Manifest Destiny was a belief that Americans were destined to expand across the continent, shaping US policies and contributing to events like the Louisiana Purchase, Texas annexation, and the ...

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Manifest destiny, the idea that European Americans should and would expand the nation's boundaries, gripped the nation's imagination.

President Donald Trump recently invoked "manifest destiny" to outline a bold vision for America's space program. But what does this historic and controversial term mean when applied to outer space?

Depending on whom you ask, the concept of “manifest destiny” might mean the Wild West or the undoing of Native Americans. But there's no question it's long been defunct — until Trump brought ...

Artist Shana Lutker found historical illustrations of early Florida, placed them against recent photographs of sky, and the Manifest Destiny Billboard Project began: 10 artists designing about 10 ...

And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars." You may like ...

President Donald Trump recently invoked "manifest destiny" to outline a bold vision for America's space program. But what does this term mean when applied to outer space?