USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Manifest Destiny inflamed sectional tensions over slavery, which ultimately led to the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the early 1800s, American demand for Indian nations’ land increased, and momentum grew to force American Indians further west. The first major step to relocate American Indians came when Congress passed, and President Andrew Jackson signed, the Indian Removal Act of May 28, 1830.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -What was the effect of Manifest Destiny on US-Indian relations? The effect of Manifest Destiny was that the U.S. believed that they had divine right of the land that the Indians lived on so when the Indians refused to leave it created a conflict.