Question

During the 1840s, Americans used the idea of Manifest Destiny to justify the * 1 point A. Expansion of women's rights B. Beginning of free public education C. Gaining of new territories D. Repeal of the Missouri Compromise

Answer 1

Gaining of new territories ( C)

Step-by-step explanation:

During the 1840s White Americans used the idea of Manifest destiny in which they stated that it was their divine calling to conquer and settle in the whole of North America .

And this idea inspired the whit Americans to derive various means to remove and occupy the lands originally belonging to the Native Americans and this led to White American acquiring New territories in North America such as : New mexico , Texas and Present day California. they hid under the disguise of spreading democracy and capitalism to achieve the Manifest

Answer 2

C. Gaining of new territorie

Step-by-step explanation:

The phrase was coined by John L. O’Sullivan, an editor for a partisan newspaper, when he first wrote of “manifest destiny” in 1845

The idea of Manifest destiny was used by Americans, stating their divine calling and right to settle the whole of North America. It was the justification used in conquering territories and ousting the native people such as it was used to validate continental acquisitions in the Oregon Country, Texas, New Mexico, and California.