Manifest Destiny

The philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" stated that American should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the __________

• Mississippi River
• Pacific Ocean
• Rocky Mountains
• Great Lakes

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What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America

• The idea that it was the United States duty to stop slavery.

• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

Which of the following was NOT a way that the United States gained more territory during the 1800's?

• They fought a war for more land.

• They negotiated treaties for more land.

• They bought more land.

• They were given the land by countries that did not want it anymore.

Who was John O'Sullivan?

• A newspaper journalist who first used the term Manifest Destiny.

• A Congressman who argued Manifest Destiny was wrong and the US should stop expanding.

• A US president who agreed to fight a war with Mexico to get more land and fulfill the idea of Manifest Destiny.

• A pioneer on the Oregon Trail who convinced others to travel west because he believed in Manifest Destiny.

Many people DID NOT support Manifest Destiny. Three of these answers are reasons that people did not like the idea of US expansion. Which one was not a reason used to argue against Manifest Destiny?

• Expanding US territory could expand slavery.

• The US would be greedy to try to take more land from other places.

• Expanding the US could make it too big and the country could fall apart.

• The United States should protect the rights of the Native Americans and stop taking their land.

Manifest Destiny was a new, uniquely American idea of expansion.

• True

• False

Which was one of the biggest arguments that Americans used as a reason for US expansion?

• because it was what God wanted

• because it would make the US more money

• because we needed to prove to the world that we were the strongest courty that existed

• because the US should do whatever it feels like

The United States got very little land from fighting in the Mexican American War.

• True

• False

The idea of Manifest Destiny was used in the late 1800's to justifying buying Alaska and and taking over Hawaii and fighting the Spanish American War.

• True

• False

Which picture best supports what very strong supporters of Manifest Destiny believed the US should look like?

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