19th Century Nationalism in America

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19th Century Nationalism in America

• By Nick Lansing

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Nationalism shown through Manifest Destiny

• The 19th-century political and philosophical
  belief that it was America's divinely assigned
  mission to expand westward across the North
  American continent and to establish democratic
  ideals was known as Manifest Destiny.
• Started in 1840s.
• John O Sullivan was the first to name it.

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Art and Culture
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Nationalism and Expansion

• During the 19th century the U.S. expanded In to
  such territory as California, Texas, Oregon and
  much more.

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Inventions and Technology

• -Steamboats- early 1800s
• -Reaper-farming tool(1831)
• -Trans-continental Railroad, telegraph(1862)

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Democracy

• The Manifest Destiny helped promote and defend
  democracy throughout the world, it continues to
  have an influence on American political ideology.

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American Nationalism

• Manifest Destiny was a crucial part of American
  nationalism it promoted democracy not just
  through America but the whole world. It increased
  the economy through the great amounts of trade
  due to the influence of new technology and
  movement. Music and songs changed because of all
  of the different cultures coming together.

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Bibliography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism
• http//www.u-s-history.com/pages/h337.html
• http//history-world.org/westward_movement.htm
• http//www.brtprojects.org/cyberschool/history/ch2
  1/nationalism.html
• http//www.essaydepot.com/essayme/4011/index.php