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Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States should own all lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean except those lands owned by Native Americans? true false

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False.

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Manifest destiny was the belief that westward expansion was inevitable and justified (many believed by God) and that the United States should own ALL lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific. At this time, many people perceived Native Americans as inferior and had no problem taking their land (as colonists had done pretty much since they arrived in North America).
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