USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

MANIFEST DESTINY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What motivated many Americans to support the Mexican-American War?
A
Manifest destiny motivated many Americans to support war between Mexico and the United States.
B
Earning a new emote motivated many Americans to support war between Mexico and the United States.
C
Integrating Mexican culture into US culture motivated many Americans to support war between Mexico and the United States.
D
Greater access to tropical vacation locations motivated many Americans to support war between Mexico and the United States.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mexican-American War was the first major conflict driven by the idea of “Manifest Destiny"; the belief that America had a God-given right, or destiny, to expand the country’s borders from ‘sea to shining sea’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Northern Whigs feared that war with Mexico would result in the United States gaining new territories in the southwest, which would encourage the expansion of slavery.

Detailed explanation-3: -What did the Mexican-American War have to do with Manifest Destiny? The concept of Manifest Destiny held that the United States had the providential right to expand to the Pacific Ocean. In 1845 the U.S. annexed the Republic of Texas, which had won de facto independence from Mexico in the Texas Revolution (1835–36).

Detailed explanation-4: -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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