Manifest destiny

Description

Using the documents attached above and the image below, answer the following questions in an essay.

The attached file - ManifestDestiny2.pdf - contains 4 different documents that you must use to answer the questions below:

Document 1 – John L. O’Sullivan, Manifest Destiny (1845)

Document 2 – A Protest Against Anti-Chinese Prejudice (1852)

Document 3 – José María Tomel y Mendívil Critiques “Manifest Destiny” (1837)

Document 4 – Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Pledges Resistance to Intimidation and the Seizure of Land (1859)

4 Questions:

1. Based on the the first document (O'Sullivan), what did many American's believe was the “Manifest Destiny” of the United States? How does Image 1 reflect those ideas?
2. How do documents 2, 3, and 4 offer different perspectives about America's Manifest Destiny? How did that "destiny" affect the people already living in the West?
3. How did Manifest Destiny affect the politics and foreign policy of the United States? How did it contribute to the outbreak of war between the United States and Mexico?
4. Do you think the ideas behind America's manifest destiny continue to shape the society, politics, and foreign policy of the United States?