Question

The emerging idea in the mid-1800's that the United States should control the land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean was known as

a. American Destiny
b. American System
c. Manifest Destiny
d. Mutual Obligation

Answer 1

C. Manifest Destiny.

Step-by-step explanation:

Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.