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title: "Why did the idea of territorial expansion, America's Manifest Destiny, become a cause that cut across virtually all regional, political, and class lines?"  
description: "Why did the idea of territorial expansion, America's Manifest Destiny, become a cause that cut across virtually all regional, political, and class lines?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-04-24  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41413/why-did-the-idea-of-territorial-expansion-america-s-manifest-destiny-become-a-cause-that-cut-across-virtually-all-regional-political-and-class-lines  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the idea of territorial expansion, America's Manifest Destiny, become a cause that cut across virtually all regional, political, and class lines? 

Why did the idea of territorial [expansion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35156/this-famous-arch-contains-the-name-of-the-city-it-is-located-in-and-is-also-known-as-the-jefferson-national-expansion-memorial-in-which-city-is-this-monument-located), America's [Manifest](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/237/explain-assembly-and-manifest) Destiny, become a cause that cut across virtually all [regional](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86440/how-regional-advertising-can-help-to-grow-local-businesses), political, and [class](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12089/arrays-in-java-determining-class-of-an-array-part-8) lines?


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