The belief that it was America's destiny to conquer and civilize all of North America

The belief that their destiny was to manifest

A religious term used to explain Christ's second coming

A belief that if someone prayed for a certain destiny that they would have it

A senator who believed in Manifest Destiny

An old man who did stuff

A British political commentator and columnist who coined the phrase Manifest Destiny in 1845

An evangelist who professed that God wanted Americans to conquer all of North America

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False

At that time, only the whites deserved land

Americans believed that those who were not white and on the continent were not civilized, so it was the job of the Americans to civilize them

Only white people lived in America

Americans did not want to share land with those "lesser" than them

Moving would give slaves a chance to run away

It was hard to keep track of your slaves while moving westward

There would not be enough slaves for everyone in the nation

By expanding, the balance of slave states and free states is thrown off