To provide leadership to a divided United States caused by prior administrations. Their inability to unite the nation on key issues such as political patronage, funding of internal improvements, expanding the power of congress and slavery exposed the sectional differences.
To create a sense of confidence in the idea of Manifest Destiny and all the uncertainties that it brings. Including but not limited to the hostile savages and the barbarous wilderness.
To instill a sense of safety traveling westward to California and Oregon
