In the context of u. s. foreign policy in the 19th and the 20th centuries, in its broadest interpretation, meant that americans were a chosen people ordained by god to create a model society.

The answer is Manifest Destiny.  In the 19th century, manifest destiny was a broadly held conviction in the United States that its colonizers were destined to expand across North America. All the traveling and expansion were part of the spirit of Manifest Destiny, a belief that it was God's will that Americans spread over the entire continent, and to control and populate the country as they see fit, with no boundary to area or country.

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