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Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Yes, because it massively expanded our country which they believed at the time that it was the U.S.'s destiny and God's plan.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

But at what cost? It created conflict between the U.S., and we became greedy over land. Yes it may have expanded the country, but in this process Americans became quite stubborn, childish, and as I said before greedy.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Even if people thought the war was wrong their was still land that didn't come from the war it came from buying it. That's the whole point that people are missing out on is that the U.S tried to buy it. And a vast majority of the land was bought and not just thought for. Jefferson did the Louisiana Purchase. They bought part of California and New Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase and let Texas join as a state when they were fighting with Mexico. When the U.S took in Texas they got the whole package deal including the drama between Texas and Mexico too so there is a good possibility that war could've started between Mexico without the U.S. trying to buy the land.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

You'll have to forgive those of us who would consider those 'purchases' completely laughable if they weren't so horrible in practice. The very idea is ridiculous. One group of people 'buys' land from a royal family that has never been to said land or even seen it, and only 'owns' it thanks to their minions having laid claim to it, ignoring the then-current longtime inhabitants by classifying them as 'savages' and deciding that basic rights didn't apply to them.If some racist white dude claimed some portion of Africa, citing that he considered the African people to be savages or animals and thus incapable of owning the land in question, rendering it unclaimed and therefore up for grabs, do you think anyone in the modern world would take his claim seriously, much less attempt to purchase and assume ownership of such?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Your argument is clear and well put, however America purchased land that was already claimed, Land that Mexico did not want to give up in the first place, the only reason we received it was by provoking them and causing war, resulting in the treaty of Guada lupe Hidalgo, where Mexico had to give up some of their land.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Manifest Destiny was all proper and well needed. The Mexican-American war was not started by us. We asked Mexico to sell us their land, and when they refused we placed soldiers in disputed land in order to enforce the border. They fired at us first, which justified us in taking action.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

There was no reason to even have soldiers in disputed land to enforce the border because thats what triggered the war. If we didn't do that there would have been no war at all.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

What about defending the new American citizens who lived in Texas from the Mexicans. It was widely believed that they would declare war on us if we annexed Texas. Isn't protection of our citizens the reason we have a military?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Well we actualy did start the war because we put american soldiers on soil that was still disputed over so really either side had a right to fight
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Manifest Destiny is good because it was the US's destiny to expand to the Pacific Ocean. It was God's plan!
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Who are we to interpret God's will? I didn't read anything about the United States in the Bible...
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Was it "God's plan" for us to kill a bunch of people and get into a war of this land?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

In the American citizen sense it was Gods plan for us to expand if they felt the need to serve him by doing this then they were justified
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Mexican-American War was good for America because we gained a lot of land.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

We may have gained a lot of land, but lives were lost in the process of this war, due to Americans becoming "territory-hungry", because of their stubborn ways, we took land that wasn't ours and caused war.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Fighting Mexico for their land in the Mexican-American war made us what we are today. Expanding our territory inspired many other achievements also.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

yes now we have land from sea to sea now the way we did it was not the best but it worked
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The point of "Manifest Destiny" was to basically live by God's Plan. I think this was okay because people were following what religion they believed. Saying this wasn't okay is unconstitutional and unamerican.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

If the religion they believe says they should kill all people who have a screen name that starts with 'm' - would it be "unconstitutional and un-American" to stop them?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

With the m-a war we tried to buy Mexico territory peacefully but they wouldn't cooperate so we had to start a war to do what was best for out citizens
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

How would you like if someone asked to buy your house for a lower price than it was worth? Would you sell it? If not, then it's OK for the buyer to just take it by force?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Mexican-American war was a good thing because we got a massive amount of land
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

How was it a good thing if it led to so many deaths of people who were just trying to keep their own land?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

if we didnt have the mexican-american war, the united states wouldnt be as big as it is today and we wouldnt have as many states as we have. the waar was important to how our country is today
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Should we go to war with Canada and Mexico today so we can add more states?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Yes because we needed land for farming needs as well as gold and sense we were on the same continent so therefore we should go explore.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

That's true because those were some of the main reason people moved into the west. Things like fur trade, religious persecution, cheap land and also mining.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

America tried to be peaceful and buy the land they wanted but Mexico refused. They're was no one to claim whose land it was so really they didn't have right to start shooting at us because they thought it was their land. We thought it was are land and even offered PAY for it because our people wanted to move outward and our government supported it,
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Well really either side had a right to fight becuase when something is disputed over thats what you do.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Louisiana Purchase was a great achievement because we got good land peacefully
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

but why take other peoples land that doesnt belong to you ?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

We didn't take their land. In the Louisiana Purchase we bought the land from the country that owned it and we tried to peacefully do the same thing with Mexico but they refused.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

We didn't take peoples land. We bought and also aquirred land from other countries in treatys like the adams-onis treaty and also the treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

But what was the point in buying the land? After the United States achieved the land they completely forgot about it was became obsessed with acquiring Mexican and Oregon Territory.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The gadsen purchase, adams-onis treaty and also the Louisiana purchase were all good for both the united states and also the country that were in on the deals.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

When the Gadsden purchase was made this gave us land to make railroads and it was peacefully bought
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

I agree, we didn't take anyones land during this purchase. We bought it from Mexico.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

I agree that we fought a war with Mexico because they attacked a fort with less than 500 people in it with more than 2,000 troops and we could use the land.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

But if the troops weren't there then Mexico would not have attacked the fort because they wouldn't have had a reason too.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Purchasing Gadsden helped us reach Manifest Destiny, while improving transportation. We legally bought Gadsden from Mexico, in order to create railways.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

It was Gods plan for people to move west. There is better land and more infrastructure for the people.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

It was Gods plan for people to move west.I just looked in my Bible and I couldn't find that verse - can you help me find it?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Gadsden Purchase ended up being handled less violently. We bought the land from Mexico instead of killing for it.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

We acquired this land through a war and it deserved to be apart of the United States because American citizens put their lives at rick to acquire it
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

James K. Polk also did a great job with the 54-40 line. The dispute over the land could have lead to a war but he fought hard to prevent it and in the end he gained some ground with the British.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

At one point or another Mexico and America agreed with each other. The Gadsden Purchase was an AGREEMENT between the two for America to buy land that they had previously owned. If they could agree on buying this part of the land, don't you think if Mexico really wanted to they could have avoided the war and made a compromise with us, like they did here.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

We should have fought harder to get the 54-40 line because it was good land and was rightfully ours
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

54-50 was said by Polk just to get Britain scared And its not like the US was going to go to war with Britain
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The belief in Manifest Destiny was seen as God's plan and so people obeyed it or did as so. This could be a good thing because they were doing what they believed to be right.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

We deserved that extra Oregon land from Canada because they had a lot of land and we were trying to get started and support ourselves
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

but its not right to take something that isnt yours they worked for their land and the US just went and took it from them
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

I am really glad the US made the Gadsden Purchase because the US put many railroads down there which basically lead to easy transportation as well lead to more income for the Us due to gold transportation.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

When trying to accomplish the Texas Annexation, the american immigrants were only trying to do what was best for their families. They moved to farm and in order to stay they had to cooperate with laws put in place for them.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Americans elected James K. polk so that he could help expand America and that is exactly what he did. How could you be mad at him for wanting to help!?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

We can't be mad at him for wanting to help, but we can be mad at the ways that we expanded and the conflicts we started to expand.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Louisiana purchase was made peacefully with the Napoleon and it helped us get more land to support our citizens and created farm land
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Mexican American War was a good thing, because we gained lots of territory(Mexican cession) & this gain of land was good for the country.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

the manifest destiny was good, we got a lot of new land and they accomplished their dream of expanding to the pacific ocean
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The only way we got more land is pretty much war that people say was "Gods plan" but would God really want people to kill other people?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

It wasn't our fault that people died. We were just trying to get more land, not trying to kill everyone in the process.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Gadsen Purchase was a good thing because it was land that we used for railroads. Railroads would help things get transported faster.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Polk's slogan was "54-50 or fight". He wanted to gain as much land as he could and he was willing to fight for it. Polk wanted everyone to have the best conditions and opportunities possible. This had to do with the Oregon territory which was located below the 54-50 line. We wanted the territory from Britain and we compromised on it.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

I also agree with the Texas annexation because before Texas was a independent state but after this agreement Texas became part of the US which gave the US more land and just connected more places to America.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

But allowing Texas to become part of the US also just brought more drama into our country.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

I agree, the annexation of Texas was the reason that the Mexican American War started had started in the first place.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

So what was the point of allowing Texas in? Especially if they wanted to be their own republic I say just let them be on their own until they really need us.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Which like everything else, America got through it and came out stronger.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

I believe that 54-40 or fight was justifiable as well. Great Britain and the US needed to establish a border between their land in the Oregon territory. Sooner or later it would cause problems and a fight would start anyway. Fighting for this land would have been one of two options in creating the border, because neither side is going to want to give land up. So whoever wins the war, gets the land. The compromise for the 49th parallel was also justifiable. It was in between where both sides wanted the border to be, and avoided war.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Gaining the land from Spain was good for America because now we had more access to places we could put ports and put new farmland
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

But we had enough land and you could always go back to where you came from if you wanted more places to go...
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

America acquired "Texas Annexation" during the war. It worked out better for us to have the land because we were able to properly use it and farm with it. The United States wanted to expand and we did so, through the misfortune of Mexico. They had several opportunities to compromise and work something out, but they made it obvious they weren't going to have that, by firing the first shot.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Louisiana Purchase was another purchase that was made peacefully and not violently. We bought the territory because we wanted as much opportunity as possible.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Louisiana Purchase was an important part of our history. It doubled our size and created more area for living, farming, and improving. We both this land, and did not take it from anyone. We legally gained it.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Adams - Onis treaty was good and fair. This was an agreement , no one took anyone's land.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

no one got killed but, it was a waste of money to give to france
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

54-40 or fight was good because we got the land we wanted even if it did mean threatening to start a war
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

So you say its fine if someone threatens you to get what they want?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

the Gadsden Purchase was good we got more land with out fighting we got the states that are now know as Arizona and New Mexico this time.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Gadsden purchase was a great improvement to the US's expansion as we could lay down railroads on the flat land that was there, to improve travel and the economy as we could send supply lines down the railroads that were built.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

the Texas annexation was a good thing because it made Texas an independent republic
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Mexican American war was a result of the Republic of Texas being hypocritical. Everything was fine, people settled as they pleased, then all of a sudden Texas decides that they want to stop letting people settle.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Gadsden Purchase helped gain lands that were need for southern transcontinental railroad, which was a brave attempt to solve the issues left behind after the Mexican-American War.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Texas annexation was a good thing because we were adding another state to the union.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

the Mexican - American War was good for us we got land but we did have to go to war it was not the best way but it helped us get closer to having land sea to sea
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

it helped expand the U.S which is what president polk wanted. yes we had to go to war but in the end it was a good thing
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Louisiana purchase allotted us a lot of land for farming.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The U.S. did lead an attack before the Adams-Onis treaty but only to persuade the Spanish that we were serious about the territory we wanted. We proved to them that we were willing to work for this. After the attack the Spanish agreed to sell Florida.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

the 54-40 or Fight it was where we told Britain that we wanted that land it was ours and they said it was there and we said give it here or fight and then there was a compromise
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The US felt that by having another country obtain land so close to them, a war could easily be started. By making a treaty with France to buy Florida we gained more land and more protection from possible fighting.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The 54-40 or fight was pretty much our way of saying "You started something with us and now were going to get what we want, or we will cause problems" The 54-40 line gave us a lot of land and the upper hand on Mexico. They weren't going to fight us again and lose even more, so they decided to side with us and compromise!! This didn't say anything bad about us, it more or less proved that we were the dominant country and we knew had to correctly make big decisions.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Mexican-American War was not America's fault, Mexico attacked them first, just because the U.S was bordering along the Texas-Mexico border in dispute for land, but they weren't harming anyone.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

I was the Americans fault they were the one who wanted to expand west into territory that was owned by someone else.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

54-50 Fight was the right thing to do because the US needed more land for resources and to make people who got prosecuted move down there was another way and it connected another state with the US.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

the adam-onis treaty was good because it helped us get flordia from spain which was land we needed at the time
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

America was expanding west, they were taking more and more land. Flordia was not needed. America just wanted the land to say it was theirs
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The 54-50 line was a good thing because James Polk was determined to get more land. So we gained that land too.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

the gadsden purchase was fair. they bought the land, they did not steal it at all. it was paid for
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

But that was money spent on unnecessary land .. they could have used that money to buy more seeds or just kept the money for when they really needed it.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

what is the point of buying more seeds if you dont have enough land to plant those seeds in
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The belief in Manifest Destiny was a very strong belief. It set goals for the US, and showed us the potential we had in expanding. Manifest Destiny helped get us to where we are today. We are a very advanced country in many ways. Without the belief of Manifest Destiny and the execution of this belief, we don't know where we would be.