Question

What belief was behind Manifest Destiny?
(1 point)
Native Americans would benefit from the introduction of the settlers’ American way of life.
Settlers would benefit from the exchange of ideas from Native Americans in the West.
Settlers and Native Americans should co-exist peacefully but separately and come into contact
as little as possible.
Native Americans and settlers could share the western land and work together to live in this
difficult area.

Answer 1

The belief behind Manifest Destiny was that settlers and Native Americans should co-exist peacefully but separately and come into contact as little as possible. Manifest Destiny was the idea that it was the divine right and destiny of American settlers to expand across the continent, often disregarding the rights and cultures of Native Americans. This led to the belief that settlers had a superior way of life that should be spread across North America.