Manifest Destiny was a belief that Americans were destined to expand across the continent, shaping US policies and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — "Manifest Destiny" is back, with Donald Trump as its champion. In the 19th century, the phrase was used to ...

But the language that startled me—maybe because I didn’t expect it, even from Donald Trump—was “manifest destiny.” Seriously.

Chief among them is that it dispossessed Native Americans of their land as settlers moved west under the Homestead Act. The purchase of Alaska could be seen as a part of Manifest Destiny ...

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered ...

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our ...

“Manifest destiny” was a pervasive belief in the superiority of the American culture and the white race. Native Americans were “heathens” and perceived as inferior and efforts to ...

Manifest Destiny, a phrase originally coined in ... and was used to justify the seizure of lands from Mexico and from Native Americans. In Monday's speech, Trump also repeated his promise to ...