What is the weapon held by the knights during a joust called?

The idea of manifest destiny simply stated it was america's destiny to expand from the atlantic ocean to the pacific. the word "destiny" implies an idea that it was within our rights as a nation to expand. in a paragraph of 125+ words, explain what could be wrong with that idea.

In hand stitched dreams which clue tells you that the historical period of the events will be important in the story

Which passage from the gettysburg address best supports the central idea that freedom is worth the struggle