MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The California Gold Rush of 1849
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The Dred Scott v. Sanford case
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The passage of the Northwest Ordinance
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is B) the California Gold Rush of 1849. The event that had the greatest impact on the United States’ fulfiling its Manifested Destiny was the California Gold Rush of 1849.
Detailed explanation-2: -Manifest Destiny inflamed sectional tensions over slavery, which ultimately led to the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -If the great draw of the West served as manifest destiny’s kindling, then the discovery of gold in California was the spark that set the fire ablaze. Most western settlers sought land ownership, but the lure of getting rich quick drew younger single men (with some women) to gold towns throughout the West.
Detailed explanation-5: -It fulfilled the nation’s vision of Manifest Destiny – creating one nation from Atlantic to Pacific. It shaped the land on which many Americans live today. And it led directly to the California Gold Rush. streams in California were soon to yield a fortune in gold.