Question

What was the core belief behind Manifest Destiny?

1) Americans were destined by God to expand across North America
2) The United States should remain within its original thirteen colonies
3) European powers should be invited to settle the West.
4) Slavery should be abolished immediately in all new territories.

Answer 1

1) Americans were destined by God to expand across North America.

Manifest Destiny was the 19th‑century belief that the United States had a divine mission to expand westward, spreading American institutions and “civilization.”