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The United States is a country that is one of the largest in the world and one of the wealthiest with many alterations to its history and continues to change The Manifest Destiny was first created in the 1840 s and helped propel America well into the 20th century and aided in creating the country into what it has become The philosophies behind the Manifest Destiny contributed to the expansion of the United States by countenancing the territorial expansion of the 1800 s Without the westward expansion of America during this era the United States as it is known now would not have existed The expansion of the United States westward in the late 19th century has been regarded as the main highlight in American history Due to this expansion it has assisted in shaping the history of America as well as its legacy Frederick Jackson Turner stated The existence of an area of free land its continuous recession and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development Turner 2018 What Turner meant was that the greatest strength in determining the American democracy and its society was that there was an abundance of free land in America and that is what greatly affected American civilization After the civil war Americas gaining freedom from the British opened up the western portion of the country
