Question
American Progress, John Gast, 1872 painting
This painting BEST relates to what social philosophy?
(1 point)
O Women's Suffrage
O Social Darwinism
O Manifest Destiny
O Great Awakening
This painting BEST relates to what social philosophy?
(1 point)
O Women's Suffrage
O Social Darwinism
O Manifest Destiny
O Great Awakening
Answers
GPT-5 mini
Manifest Destiny
The painting shows the allegorical figure of "Columbia" bringing light, technology (railroads, telegraph), and settlement westward while Indigenous peoples and wilderness are pushed back — a visual celebration of 19th-century Manifest Destiny.
The painting shows the allegorical figure of "Columbia" bringing light, technology (railroads, telegraph), and settlement westward while Indigenous peoples and wilderness are pushed back — a visual celebration of 19th-century Manifest Destiny.