Manifest destiny
Manifest destiny is a cultural belief very popular among people in the 19t century. This belief is that it is the destiny of American settlers to expand across North America.
The three themes of manifest destiny are the special virtues of the American people and their institutions, an alluring destiny to succeed on their essential duties, and also the mission of the United States to remake the West in the image of the pastoral East.
However, contemporary historiography believed that this myth is an ideology of Americans to justify their genocide against native Americans. Even Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Most Whigs, and other prominent Americans rejected this concept, which democrats mostly endorsed.
Conclusion
Many political myths are still in existence today, even when they are false, but they are well-presented to give a true account of the past, present, or future political events.
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6 thoughts on “6 Political Myths People Still Believe”
If the illegal immigrant has a record of paying taxes then they deserve the stimulus.
First off – THE UNITED STATES IS * NOT * A DEMOCRACY.
>>>> IT IS A REPUBLIC.
Another un-educated ,left leaning
tool of anti-American bias.
Do some REAL research and find the reason why the Founders created the electoral college.
It was to insure that under represented states got an EQUAL vote; the people who feed this country, the farmers and ranchers who don’t live in the festering cities
that breed corruption.
I guarantee the person who wrote this article is neither.
Our founding fathers thought of Democracy as the worst form of government, largely because they read the classics, often in their original Greek or Latin. That is why they created a Republic, and why we avoided the Reign of Terror that they had in “democratic” revolutionary France.
The United States has never been a democracy. A pure democracy cannot function on a large population and has no protection for individual rights. It is an ancient idea. The United States idea is limited government where rights are natural and begin with the individual.
vdibi1@yahoo.com WOW!! I COULD NOT STOP READING AND DISCUSSING WITH FAMILY.. IS THERE A LOCATION OR A BOOK WHICH WILL DELINEATE THE FACTS RELATED TO OUR CONSTITUTION AND THE FEDERAL PAPERS././. THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR YOUR EXPLANATION OF OUR SO CALLED RIGHTS., PLEASE ADVISE HOW?? WE CAN READ THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE FEDERAL PAPERS, & THE CONSTITUTION… I’M IMPRESSED IWITH THE MANNER YOU HAVE EXPLAINED THE 6 POLITICAL MYTHS ,
TRUST I WILL HEAR FROM YOU //////THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND KNOWLEDGE .
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