Question

How did the Second Great Awakening contribute to westward expansion?

A. Americans wanted to establish Catholic missions throughout the West.
B. Americans felt like they should separate themselves from modern life in the East.
C. Americans were forced to leave states on the Atlantic coast because of religious fighting.
D. Americans believed they had a religious purpose to spread over the entire continent.

Answer 1

D. Americans believed they had a religious purpose to spread over the entire continent.

Step-by-step explanation:

After the independence, recognized by England in 1783, a huge , unexplored and uncolonized territory lay west of the territory of the original US 13 colonies. Some movements and leaders of the Second Great Awakening encouraged pushing the frontier and settlement in the west.