MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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the eastward growth of the nation
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the U.S.-Mexican War
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Before the American Civil War the idea of Manifest Destiny was used to validate continental acquisitions in the Oregon Country, Texas, New Mexico, and California. Later it was used to justify the purchase of Alaska and annexation of Hawaii.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States received the disputed Texan territory, as well as New Mexico territory and California. The Mexican government was paid $15 million-the same sum issued to France for the Louisiana Territory. The United States Army won a grand victory.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mexican-American War was the first major conflict driven by the idea of “Manifest Destiny"; the belief that America had a God-given right, or destiny, to expand the country’s borders from ‘sea to shining sea’.
Detailed explanation-4: -The phrase “manifest destiny” is most often associated with the territorial expansion of the United States from 1812 to 1867.