WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
It was the philosophy behind Andrew Jackson’s decisions to dissolve the Second Bank of the United States.
|
|
|
It was the group that Lewis and Clark took to explore the American West.
|
|
|
It was a belief that it was America’s right to expand and settle from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
|
|
|
It was the trail American Indians took west to resettle on government-sanctioned reservations.
|
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: -What was Manifest Destiny? Propounded during the second half of the 19th century, the concept of Manifest Destiny held that it was the divinely ordained right of the United States to expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean and beyond.
Detailed explanation-3: -Terms in this set (5) Which of the following best describes how the idea of Manifest Destiny affected demographic changes in the United States during the 19th century? It resulted in large numbers of white Americans relocating from east to west.