Multiple choice

What was the idea of Manifest Destiny?

  1. The U.S. was meant to expand to Europe.

  2. It was an idea President Polk created during the Gold Rush.

  3. The U.S. was meant to expand across North America.

  4. All of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Manifest Destiny was the 19th-century belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand its territory across the entire North American continent.

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