Support for the Mexican-American War was most closely connected with the idea of Manifest Destiny. This concept was the belief that the expansion of the United States across the American continents was both justified and inevitable. Many supporters of the war viewed it as a way to fulfill this destiny by acquiring new territories, including those in Mexico.
Support for the Mexican-American War was most closely connected with support for which of these ideas?
Manifest Destiny
Transcendentalist Movement
Great Awakening
Monroe Doctrine
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