The belief behind Manifest Destiny is best summarized by the idea that Native Americans would benefit from the introduction of the settlers’ American way of life. Manifest Destiny was the 19th-century doctrine that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable, often accompanied by the belief that American culture was superior and that it was the duty of Americans to spread their way of life to other peoples, including Native Americans.
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.
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