This paper examines how the two most influential events that shaped American history and impacted a good portion of the globe
were the advent of
industrialization and the spread of "Manifest Destiny," especially in the late 18th century and throughout the years of the 19th century. It looks at how global industrialization or that
associated with the rise, progression, and effect of industry on national governments and societies altered the face of many nations by eliminating the long-held system of agrarianism and replacing it with massive industrial growth. It also discusses how "Manifest Destiny", usually associated with American policy during the later years of the 19th century and well into the 20th century, allowed expansionism into many regions of the world through the idea that it was America's God-given right to possess and maintain all those societies that threatened American capitalism and its democratic systems.