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...essional categorization, and the contrasting victor and victim legacies of manifest destiny and imperialist expansion. Some criticized Turner's frontier thesis and the

...in 1845 and war promptly followed. From the American side, the goal of "[[Manifest Destiny]]" especially appealed to Democrats; Whigs strenuously opposed the idea. Th ...ized figures in their home states.<ref> Joseph G. Dawson III, "Leaders for Manifest Destiny: American Volunteer Colonels Serving in the U.S.-Mexican War." ''American N

...ountains]]. In addition to the imperative to expand that became known as [[Manifest Destiny]], the United States wanted to acquire Florida both to provide free commerc

* Nevins, Allan. ''Ordeal of the Union'' 8-volume (1947-1971). 1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852; 2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857; 3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party

* Morrison, Michael A. ''Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War.'' U. of North Carolina Press, 1997. [http

* Nevins, Allan. ''The Ordeal of the Union'' (1947) ''vol 1: Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852; vol 2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857''. highly detailed narrative

...aroline'' affair. See Howard Jones and Donald A. Rakestraw, ''Prologue to Manifest Destiny: Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s'' (1997). Jones (1977) disproves old

* [[Manifest Destiny]]

...ury under the rubric of 'civilizational mission,' 'white man's burden,' or Manifest Destiny. It posited the superiority of European man, the acme of human civilization

** 1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852; 2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857; 3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party * Morrison, Michael. ''Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War'' (1997)

...e care of themselves".<ref> Allan Nevins, ''Ordeal of the Union: Fruits of Manifest Destiny 1847-1852,'' 1:155</ref> Jefferson Davis,calling on the traditions of [[Re ...aged to the exclusion of nearly all other topics."<ref>Nevins, ''Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852'', page 163</ref> Lincoln said in 1860, "this question of Slaver

* 1845 - Polk Doctrine, [[Manifest Destiny]].

...ited States of America]] experienced growing pains and began to speak of [[Manifest Destiny]], Virginia, too, found its role in the young republic to be changing and c

...ritories. Northerners and Southerners, in effect, were coming to define "[[Manifest Destiny]]" in different ways, undermining nationalism as a unifying force.