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Zorluk: KolayManifest Destiny and Westward Expansion

"And that claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us."
— John L. O'Sullivan, New York Morning News, 1845

Which of the following developments was most directly justified by the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

  1. A
    The establishment of a defensive military alliance with Latin American nations to contain European influence
  2. The territorial expansion of the United States across North America to the Pacific OceanCevap
  3. C
    The implementation of mercantilist trade laws to enrich the federal government through colonial commerce
  4. D
    The creation of federal reservations to preserve traditional Native American tribal lands

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The territorial expansion of the United States across North America to the Pacific Ocean
The ideas in the excerpt express the concept of Manifest Destiny, which was the 19th-century belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand its democratic institutions and territory across the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean.

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1
Analyze the source and identify key terms in the excerpt.
The excerpt contains the phrase 'manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent' and references 'Providence' and 'liberty.'
Identifying these key terms helps connect the document to the 19th-century ideology of Manifest Destiny.
2
Relate the ideology of Manifest Destiny to historical developments of the 1840s.
Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand its territory westward to the Pacific Ocean.
This links the intellectual justification in the text directly to the physical expansion of the nation.
3
Evaluate the options to identify which development matches this continental expansion.
The option concerning territorial expansion across North America to the Pacific Ocean is the direct historical application of this ideology.
This confirms the correct option while eliminating choices related to foreign alliances, colonial trade policies, or Gilded Age Native American policies.

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