What belief was behind manifest destiny?
a native americans would benefit from the introduction of the settlers' american way of life.
b. settlers would benefit from the exchange of ideas from native americans in the west.
c. settlers and native americans should co-exist peacefully but separately and come into contact
as little as possible
d. native americans and settlers could share the western land and work together to live in this
difficult area

A. Native Americans would benefit from the introduction of the settlers' American way of life.

Explanation:

According to Manifest Destiny, white Americans were chosen by God to populate North America. However, that obviously did not include other races (primarily Native Americans).

In the beginning, it was thought that Native Americans and white immigrants would be able to live in harmony. White Americans would get land, and Native Americans would benefit from their technology, food, religion, etc. But as white Americans spread throughout the continent, they wanted more and more, and in the end, destroyed everything the Natives had.

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