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title: "How the policy of manifest destiny affected native americans?"  
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published: 2018-10-28  
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# How the policy of manifest destiny affected native americans? 

How the [policy](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23292/what-is-the-fee-structure-policy-of-an-international-school) of [manifest destiny](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51246/how-was-the-mexican-cession-important-to-manifest-destiny) affected native americans? \
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## Answers

### Answer by Sarda Kumari

**An overview-[Manifest](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158884/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-android-manifest-file) Destiny**

Manifest Destiny was the idea that said that **white Americans** were ordered by divinity to settle the entire North American continent. The idea of **Manifest Destiny** influenced a variety of measures designed to remove or destroy the native American population. The President of the United States, James K. Polk (1845-1849), is the leader who is most associated with Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny inflamed **sectional tensions** over slavery, which ultimately led to the **Civil War.**

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**How the term Manifest Destiny was introduced** In 1845, John O'Sullivan, the **editor of a newspaper**, used the term 'Manifest Destiny' to describe the idea of **continental expansion.** Although the term was new for the people, the concept underlying it was much older, dating back to the first colonial conflict between Europeans and **Native Americans.** The idea that came to be known as Manifest Destiny consisted of belief in the inborn supremacy of white Americans and also the opinion that they were destined by **God to rule the territories** of North America, starting from sea to shining sea. \
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The idea of Manifest Destiny completely justified **extreme measures** to remove the native population from the land of North America, including removal by force and **violent killing** of people. For promoters of Manifest Destiny, the American Indians were mere hindrances to the forward march of racial and **technological progress, and they advocated pursuing an Indian removal policy.** \
**Andrew Jackson,** President of the United States, formulated the policy of **'Indian removal,**' which was signed as the Indian Removal Act in May 1830. T**he Indian Removal Act** authorized a series of migrations that became known as the Trail of Tears. \
**Also read: [To what the present-day U.S .state did Jackson and Congress relocate the Native Americans of the Southeast?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40531/to-what-present-day-u-s-state-did-jackson-and-congress-relocate-the-native-americans-of-the-southeast)** \
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