Why did americans want to expand to the nation to the pacific ocean? how might this expansion have contributed to a growing sense of unity and naional identity?

The Americans wanted to expand to the Pacific Ocean because they wanted to gain control over more territory rich in natural resources, to become the largest and dominant country in the New World, as well as further improve their strategical position.

With the increase of the territory, the Americans got their hands on numerous natural resources, and that led to growth in the economy. They also became the second largest country in the New World, but considering that Canada was no match for them, they became by far the dominant force. With the Pacific coastline being in their hands, the Americans were now able to have access to two oceans, thus being able to use them for trade and travel on which ever side of the world they wanted.

All of this resulted in greater unity among the people, as they were seeing that the country is s growing power that strides constantly forward, thus they started to develop national pride and identity in America.

explanation:

diaspora, (greek: dispersion)hebrew galut (exile), the dispersion of jews among the gentiles after the babylonian exile; or the aggregate of jews or jewish communities scattered “in exile” outside palestine or present-day israel. although the term refers to the physical dispersal of jews throughout the world, it also carries religious, philosophical, political, and eschatological connotations, inasmuch as the jews perceive a special relationship between the land of israel and themselves. interpretations of this relationship range from the messianic hope of traditional judaism for the eventual “ingathering of the exiles” to the view of reform judaism that the dispersal of the jews was providentially arranged by god to foster pure monotheism throughout the world.

the first significant jewish diaspora was the result of the babylonian exile (q.v.) of 586 bc. after the babylonians conquered the kingdom of judah, part of the jewish population was deported into slavery. although cyrus the great, the persian conqueror of babylonia, permitted the jews to return to their homeland in 538 bc, part of the jewish community voluntarily remained behind.

the largest, most significant, and culturally most creative jewish diaspora in early jewish history flourished in alexandria, where, in the 1st century bc, 40 percent of the population was jewish. around the 1st century ad, an estimated 5,000,000 jews lived outside palestine, about four-fifths of them within the roman empire, but they looked to palestine as the centre of their religious and cultural life. diaspora jews thus far outnumbered the jews in palestine even before the destruction of jerusalem in ad 70. thereafter, the chief centres of judaism shifted from country to country (e.g., babylonia, persia, spain, france, germany, poland, russia, and the united states), and jewish communities gradually adopted distinctive languages, rituals, and cultures, some submerging themselves in non-jewish environments more completely than others. while some lived in peace, others became victims of violent anti-semitism.