USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

[SOURCES]
Which statement best describes Manifest Destiny?

(A) It is God’s will to live in the west

(B) It is God’s will for people to smile

(C) God created heaven and Earth ____ and it was good

(D) ** It is God’s will to expand across the continent

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined-by God, its advocates believed-to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

Concept note-2: -Manifest Destiny was a popular belief in the mid-to-late 19th century. Its proponents claimed that the United States had the divine right to expand westward-meaning that U.S. expansion was the will of God.