USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

MANIFEST DESTINY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did “mission civilisatrice, “ “missão civilizadora, “ and “manifest destiny” have in common?
A
They all involved the intention to improve the lives of natives.
B
They were all founded on the idea that settlers were justified in pushing Native people out of their land.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What did “mission civilisatrice, ” “missão civilizadora, ” and “manifest destiny” have in common? They all involved the intention to improve the lives of natives. They were all founded on the idea that settlers were justified in pushing Native people out of their land.

Detailed explanation-2: -Contents. Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined-by God, its advocates believed-to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mike Kubic is a former correspondent of Newsweek magazine. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the United States made a significant effort pushing westward into new territories, motivated by the driving force of “manifest destiny, ” or the belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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