What is Manifest Destiny?

The idea of Manifest Destiny was a major factor in westward expansion in the United States in the 1800s. This video will introduce you to the meaning of the phrase as you explore a primary source by John O'Sullivan and examine the painting "American Progress" by John Gast. You'll also understand the consequences of Manifest Destiny and the impact it had on different groups of people in the 1800s.

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[zephembers]

Old American mindsets were insane to sweep across a plain destroying everything in sight to build your home is so alien! Great video! Continue to shed light on history! when I was taught in school they made it seem like just a few Indians were scooted over, no harm done.

[peigo]

This was so damn well explained, even the discription and interpretation of the painting, amazing thanks!

[duckbizniz]

This is a good presentation of American Expansion westward. It brings up many questions with European migration to the Americas and the confiscation of land from the indigenous Native Americans. In addition, there was enslavement of millions of African captives who were brought to the Americas to work for and to enrich a few European immigrants. In school we were taught Manifest Destiny justify European conquest and settlement of the American continent, while ignoring the killing and displacing of Native Americans. Yet would we want our homeland to be confiscated from us by force of arms? Then given to and owned by immigrants from the Europe? How would we feel if those same European immigrants then brought African captives to work on the land stolen from us? Such self serving barbarity. Is this not Manifest Destiny? Yes, it is.

[Olivia-pevf]

Manifest destiny for all the races pushed away will now return to our rightful place.

[Kimaek]

Thank you so much for this, it was very helpful, informative and concise!

[vernonharley]

In other words. They used God as an excuse to steal land

[chrylemonblossoms]

Thank you I have this for history (somehow history is really hard for me no matter how much I study) and you even added a bonus for me 😊: we have paintings that we have to analyze and “manifest Destiny” was one of them :)

[wwbbcg]

The music in the beginning of this video has the same starting melody as Concerning Hobbits, the opening song in Lord of the Rings, which is played any time throughout the trilogy where hobbits are on screen and uplifting music is in order. Came here for school and then got smacked hard in the feels!

[Imsleepeebruh]

Aww man I hope this channel will still get uploads, I barely found this and I love this 😭

Hope they're doing well tho

[latezwilliams]

I loved this from the music to the vice to the explanation. Well done!

[chickensandwich]

This was nice and simple
Very easy to understand
Thank you!!

[veldig_darlig]

manifest destiny is the greatest example of american entitlement, they had no regard for the nations already thriving in the land. in my memory teachers never seemed to convey the idea that it wasn’t just a couple “tribes” but in fact half of a continent of nations with developed land and infrastructure. to me it holds the same sentiment we’ve held throughout history being it’s our apparent right and responsibility to “protect” the world from “dangerous” ideas i.e. anything different from our own. the reservations of today are an insult to the people whose land we’ve raped and pillaged for centuries. reservations are intentionally placed in inferior and low quality land forcing the people to rely on the american food supply and resources. our corporations have poisoned fishing communities, and dumped toxic sludge in the lands of the indigenous people for decades. making the national parks the property of the government making it illegal to hunt and fish was robbing the native nations from their long standing respectful and sustainable relationship with the land and animals and plants. and now international trade and the spread of capitalism has spread the disease of the american way. manifest destiny is a disgusting fucking sentiment and i despise this american brand of patriotic ownership of the land that we abuse this land is not my land or your land it was made for the human beings we hunted and scalped for sport and bounty. driving through the dirty car centric concrete wasteland of modern america leaves a foul taste in my mouth. education is important and we all need to learn about the vast european-american genocides of this land.

[someonex]

Wow amazing Video this helped me so much thank you!😍

[IanK]

And now we're gonna give it all up because we're being guilt-tripped out of it.

[elrigogrande]

Blew my f'n mind. I used it all the time thinking it literally meant what it meant by the two words combined. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 never again

[quilluntouchableentity]

And to think they taught this at my high school.

[havefunbesafe]

Was it manifest because people in the east would obviously have to walk west else they would walk into the Atlantic Ocean (east)?

[jimflagg]

We should have asked our selves Are We the Baddies.

[jerseyjoe]

America is doomed to fail and should fail based on the premise explained here. RIP "America". Karma.

[jeffryllona]

They use it also in japan but japan is a independent thriving country not a colony