Manifest Destiny

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what year did the manifest destiny start

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1845

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what year did the manifest destiny end

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1867

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who started manifest destiny

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John O'Sullivan

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when was the peak of manifest destiny

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19th century

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how did people view the manifest destiny

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Americans believed they were destined by God to remake the world

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Did Manifest Destiny unite or divide the US?

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Both

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How did the United States get Mexico to start the war? Options: They marched soldiers into Mexico, They claimed Texas, They wrote a nasty letter, They attempted to kick the Mexicans out of land on the border

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They marched soldiers into Mexico

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

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Manifest destiny

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Which of these reasons wasn't an important reason for choosing when to leave on the Oregon Trail? If you left too early, the oxen would have no grass to eat, If you left too late, you wouldn't cross the mountains by winter, During the rainy season, the wagon would travel slowly, If you were in Colorado in summer you could eat watermelons

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If you were in Colorado in summer you could eat watermelons

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What was one reason James k. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

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He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.