JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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US Americans felt they had a responsibility to “civilize” the lands
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US Americans felt like they had a right to resources
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US Americans felt like it was their natural right to have land from coast to coast
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America. The ideology of Manifest Destiny inspired a variety of measures designed to remove or destroy the native population.
Detailed explanation-2: -The philosophy drove 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion and was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans and other groups from their homes. The rapid expansion of the United States intensified the issue of slavery as new states were added to the Union, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Propounded during the second half of the 19th century, the concept of Manifest Destiny held that it was the divinely ordained right of the United States to expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean and beyond.