USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

MANIFEST DESTINY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A central element in the conquest and submission of the American Indians of the West was the
A
decision of many western tribes to side with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
B
rapid growth of cities and population on the California coast.
C
destruction of the buffalo herds.
D
prolonged drought and harsh winters of the 1860s and 1870s.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -By 1873, many white Southerners were calling for “Redemption” – the return of white supremacy and the removal of rights for blacks – instead of Reconstruction.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the mid-nineteenth century, newspaper editor John O’Sullivan coined the term ‘manifest destiny’ to describe the belief that God intended for the United States to occupy North America from Atlantic to Pacific.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following statements best explains why the Mormons migrated west? They were seeking out their own new promised land.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the U.S. South, Jim Crow laws and legal racial segregation in public facilities existed from the late 19th century into the 1950s. The civil rights movement was initiated by Black Southerners in the 1950s and ‘60s to break the prevailing pattern of segregation. In 1954, in its Brown v.

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