JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“It is our God-given right to spread democracy and culture across the continent.”
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“Americans DO NOT have the right to settle on Native American lands.”
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“It is only through Christian kindness that we can achieve peace with the Native Americans.”
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“God can never rest easy with our nation until we challenge and defeat slavery."
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -US President James K. Polk (1845-1849) is the leader most associated with Manifest Destiny.
Detailed explanation-3: -Manifest Destiny was a phrase that expressed the belief that the United States had a mission to expand, spreading its form of democracy and freedom. Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious (” manifest") and certain (” destiny").
Detailed explanation-4: -8.59-Which of the following statements best describes Manifest Destiny? The belief that the expansion of the United States was justified by God and inevitable.