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  1. History Lessons
  2. U.S. History
  3. Slavery and Expansion
  4. Manifest Destiny
Topic: U.S. History
Time Period: Slavery and Expansion

Manifest Destiny

In the nineteenth century the United States vastly expanded the size of its territory. How was ideology used to justify this expansion? Using nineteenth-century maps and art, students consider the roots of American exceptionalism.

Image: American Progress, painted by John Gast in 1872. From the Library of Congress.

Image: American Progress, originally painted by John Gast in 1872. Cromolithograpgh published by George A. Croffut in 1873. From the Library of Congress.

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