1. The Push Westward

2. Manifest Destiny
America destined to be a great nation

3. Christian Justification
...the right of our manifest destiny
to overspread and process the whole of
the continent which providence has
given us ….
John L. Sullivan, Journalist

4. Against Native People
John Quicy Adams
Presidant of
...peopled by one nation
United States
speaking one language,
professing one general system
of a religion and
political principles...

5. Example today:
Gun Laws
Control over other people
Who owns the land?

6. Different ideas of economic growth
Use money to create a bigger economy
Give poor people money to boost the nation
and the economy