Question

Which statement is correct about Manifest Destiny?

A-Manifest Destiny was a new idea for most Americans, who had not previously thought about moving west.

B-Manifest Destiny was a new, catchy term for an idea that many Americans already had.

C-Manifest Destiny was in direct opposition to the ideas most Americans had about their country’s future.

D-Manifest Destiny was respectful of the Native Americans who owned, lived, or hunted on the lands of the West.

Answer 1

The answer is C. Americans thought if they found the land, they were by God's will to take it.

Answer 2

The correct statement about Manifest destiny is: c) Manifest Destiny was in direct opposition to the ideas most Americans had about their country's future.

Step-by-step explanation:

First of all A) is wrong because it was not a new idea. It was an old Idea people had been executing for a long time.

Second, B) option is right because it was a new catchy term associated with an Idea Americans already had and it provided the impulse to understand it as a superior call to be accomplished.

Third, is wrong because it was not an opposition to the ideas of the American future, people wanted to expand the territory and they were executing everything in their hands to do it.

Fourth, It was not a respectful idea or action for the Native Americans who owned and lived in the Westlands. It was the opposite, it was a conquerors concept, idea and concept to take everything from them at the cost it could take.