Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny

In 1845 John. L O'Sullivan printed an article in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review. In this article, he describes a land for Americans to stretch to the other side of the United States. He promoted the vision of people living from one coast to another (Schutlz, 2014). Not wanting to deal with the burden of the Hispanics or Indians that were viewed as the lower class, they felt the need to make the United States the way the U.S. wanted it to look. Mark Luna (personal communication, August 6, 2015) Settlers believed that God granted them this land to grow the American Nation and in turn considered those who were not Anglo as heathens. Manifest Destiny has been used in many speeches and publications over the years, including works by John Gast, Emanuel Leutze, and James Polk. Manifest Destiny had an impact in the United States and foreign life. Significantly directed from confrontations, in addition to the genocidal practices involving the Native tribes, Mexico, and Great Britain, the old southwest expanding all the way up north.

One of the many published works of Manifest Destiny was in 1872 by an artist named John Gast. Lisa Alexander (personal communication, August 6, 2015) Gast was hired by none other than George Crofutt, publisher of the famous publication series regarding western travels. This series known as “Crofutt’s Western World Guidebook”, was well received by the public, and there was a huge increase in profit (Rothenberg, 2013). The specific painting by Gast was named “American Progress.” Mark Luna (personal communication, August 6, 2015) “The woman in the picture I would like to call her an angel, she is also known as "Colombia". She is bringing the light into the darkness and civilization those stuck in ignorance.” Another example of Manifest Destiny in publication was in 1862, Emanuel Leutze created a master piece called “Study for Westward the Course of Empire Takes...