Support for the Mexican-American War was most closely connected with support for which of these ideas?

Question

a) Manifest Destiny

b) Transcendentalist Movement

c) Great Awakening

d) Monroe Doctrine

Answer 1

a) Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny was the belief that it was the United States' destiny and right to expand across the North American continent. The Mexican-American War was seen as a way to expand the territory of the United States, and therefore support for the war was often connected to the idea of Manifest Destiny.