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How did gaining all this new land from 1800-1850 demonstrate the idea of Manifest Destiny?

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Gaining "all this new land" demonstrated manifest Destiny because, with the acquisition of more land, the US was one step closer to stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

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