USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Most Americans felt it was their divine right to spread democracy and to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean. This idea was called?
A
Manifest Destiny
B
Democratic Government
C
Socialism
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -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: -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-4: -The concept of Manifest Destiny helped create the American dream in many ways than one. One way it helped was when we purchased and fought the different territories like the Louisianna territory. This gave people the option to move out west and help our country grow to be larger.

Detailed explanation-5: -During this crucial period, the United States pursued a policy of expansion based on “manifest destiny, ” the ideology that Americans were in fact destined to extend their nation across the continent.

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