USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ideology of Manifest Destiny inspired a variety of measures designed to remove or destroy the native population. US President James K. Polk (1845-1849) is the leader most associated with Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny inflamed sectional tensions over slavery, which ultimately led to the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, students may recognise that, although in the short term, Manifest Destiny resulted in hardship and deprivation for those white settlers moving West, in the longer term, with the establishment of homesteads, towns, railways and roads it led to a new, settled and prosperous life for many American families.