USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

JACKSONIAN AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which philosophy meant that the United States was meant to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?
A
Emigrant Theory
B
Joint Occupation
C
Manifest Destiny
D
Rendezvous Philsophy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Manifest Destiny was the idea that Americans claimed that their nation was destined to spread across the entire continent, from sea to sea. It affected the United States because they were able to acquire a lot of land and double the size of the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many Americans subscribed to the concept of “Manifest Destiny, ” the belief that Providence preordained the United States to occupy as much land on the continent as possible. Some saw lucrative economic opportunities in the vast stretches of arable land and superb Pacific Coast ports.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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