USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Manifest Destiny, simply put, was the belief that Americans had the divine right to settle all throughout America, until the Pacific Ocean. This was caused by Americans feeling that it was the will of God that they tame the wilderness and civilize the west, and remake it in the image of the 13 colonies.

Detailed explanation-2: -A significant push toward the west coast of North America began in the 1810s. It was intensified by the belief in manifest destiny, federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise.

Detailed explanation-3: -Growth in U.S. economy increased demand for (and value of) farmland, ranches, and furs; the cotton gin increased the area in which cotton could be grown profitably; the discovery of gold in California attracted 80, 000 people in1849. Cheap land so that families could farm for themselves.