Question

Which of the following best explains what led to the concept of Manifest Destiny?

Americans wanted to protect the land of the Native Americans.

Americans thought they should spread their culture and ideals.

Americans wanted European countries to stay out of their affairs.

Americans learned about this concept from the Native Americans.
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Answer 1

Based on my simpler Encyclopedia...

"Manifest Destiny was an idea that implied that the United States had the divine right to expand to the Pacific Ocean."

If you want to get just a little bit more in depth...

"The central idea of this position was that the US had a divine right to spread across the continent of North America and into the Pacific Ocean. A newspaper man named John L. O'Sullivan first used the term in 1845. President James K. Polk ran on a platform of what would be called Manifest Destiny. A belief in Manifest Destiny led to the U.S. fighting the Mexican-American War. It involved convincing Americans that the reason it was okay to fight, kill, and take the land from Mexicans or other non-Americans, was because God (or possibly the spirit of "Columbia") wanted them to cause this suffering. This belief continued to play a key role in the United States settlement of western lands, especially in the rush to California and in the U.S. taking over Oregon."

Answer 2

Just in case you want to know how I typed it so fast, it was because someone asked me a very similar question and I copied and pasted what I told them. cx

Answer 3

In the simplest, simplest words...Manifest Destiny was an idea to spread the US all over America.

Answer 4

So based on the information...what do you think the answer is? Try to think why the US wanted to spread to all of America...what did they want to share? c;