MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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That white Americans had a lot to learn from the Indians
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That Indians were a key part of American society
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That the Indians were standing in the way of progress
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That the Indian way of life should be respected
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Detailed explanation-1: -How might a believer in Manifest Destiny feel about American Indians? That Indians were a key part of American society. That the Indian way of life should be respected. That white Americans had a lot to learn from the Indians.
Detailed explanation-2: -The self-serving concept of manifest destiny, the belief that the expansion of the United States was divinely ordained, justifiable, and inevitable, was used to rationalize the removal of American Indians from their native homelands.
Detailed explanation-3: -The philosophy drove 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion and was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans and other groups from their homes. The rapid expansion of the United States intensified the issue of slavery as new states were added to the Union, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ideology that became known as Manifest Destiny included a belief in the inherent superiority of white Americans, as well as the conviction that they were destined by God to conquer the territories of North America, from sea to shining sea.
Detailed explanation-5: -The idea of Manifest Destiny arose in response to the prospect of U.S. annexation of Texas and to a dispute with Britain over the Oregon Country, which became part of the union.