Question

Americans used Manifest Destiny to justify what?
(1 point)
O a limit on the number of immigrants entering the country
O a warning to European countries about getting involved in American politics
• the use of military force to solidify control of the area east of the Appalachian Mountains
O expanding the territory of the United States to the Pacific Ocean

Answer 1

D — expanding the territory of the United States to the Pacific Ocean. Manifest Destiny was the belief that Americans were destined to spread across North America, and it was used to justify westward expansion (e.g., annexation of Texas, Oregon, Mexican–American War).