MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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“Yes, those Indians were here first, but we do not think of them as Christians.” (Paragraph 3) “I know in my heart that these Indians deserve God’s forgiveness, like the rest of us.” (Paragraph 4)
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“The wild land will become fields of crops. The Indians will become Christian. The darkness will become light ____ “ (Paragraph 6) “Manifest Destiny says that God has chosen us to take over this country, all the way to the coast.” (Paragraph 5)
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“I know it is the will of President Polk and of God for us to spread as far as we can.” (Paragraph 2) “Manifest Destiny says that God has chosen us to take over this country, all the way to the coast.” (Paragraph 5)
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“I know in my heart that these Indians deserve God’s forgiveness, like the rest of us.” (Paragraph 4) “The wild land will become fields of crops. The Indians will become Christian. The darkness will become light ____ “ (Paragraph 6)
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -James Polk as President He was a champion of manifest destiny–the belief that the United States was fated to expand across the North American continent–and by the end of his four years in office, the nation extended, for the first time, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement would most likely be made by someone who SUPPORTED Manifest Destiny? God wants the United States to control all of North America.