Question

What belief was behind Manifest Destiny? (1 point) Responses Native Americans would benefit from the introduction of the settlers’ American way of life. Native Americans would benefit from the introduction of the settlers’ American way of life. Settlers would benefit from the exchange of ideas from Native Americans in the West. Settlers would benefit from the exchange of ideas from Native Americans in the West. Settlers and Native Americans should co-exist peacefully but separately and come into contact as little as possible. Settlers and Native Americans should co-exist peacefully but separately and come into contact as little as possible. Native Americans and settlers could share the western land and work together to live in this difficult area.

Answer 1

The belief behind Manifest Destiny was that settlers and Native Americans should co-exist peacefully but separately and come into contact as little as possible. Manifest Destiny was the 19th-century doctrine suggesting that the expansion of the United States across the American continents was both justified and inevitable, often leading to the displacement of Native American populations. While some proponents may have believed they were bringing progress, the overall sentiment was centered on American expansionism rather than cooperation.