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The term "Manifest Destiny" refers to white Americans' belief that

A. They deserved to live in integrated harmony with people of other cultures
B. There were a list of goods owed to them in the afterlife, like inventory on a ship's manifest
C. They had the divine right to settle North America

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Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Manifest Destiny is the belief that Americans had the divine right to expand to settle and populate North America to the West Coast. This led to Western Expansion, the Oregon Trail, and the Homestead Act.

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Answer:

C. They had the divine right to settle North America

Step-by-step explanation:

I learned this before:)

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