- What was “Manifest Destiny†and how does it explain U.S. actions in terms of early to middle 19th century foreign policy, including U.S. relations with Native American groups?
- Even though the phrase was not used until 1845, it was clearly in effect earlier. Explain.
Consider including in your paper the following events/people: John L. O’Sullivan, Lewis and Clark, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, American Indians, the Louisiana Purchase, Missouri Compromise, the Monroe Doctrine, the Mexican-American War, Kansas-Nebraska, the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Clause, John Brown, Mexican American War, the Dred Scott Decision.
