Which statement below BEST explains the concept of "Manifest Destiny"? a
Other countries wanted to "limit our greatness," so we had to gain more territory quickly.
b
Americans believed that spreading freedom and democracy was something God wanted them to do.
c
The United States was supposed to control the entire continent of north America.
d
The obvious future had already been determined by a divine source.

Because this nation refused to sell its land, the U. S. went to war with what country in 1846?

a
Spain
b
Great Britain
c
France
d
Mexico

Read the following statements from historical primary sources:

"What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute, occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people, and filled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization, and religion?" Exceprt from "On Indian Removal," an 1830 speech to Congress by President Andrew Jackson.

"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America... that for the purpose of providing against the further decline and final extinction of the Indian tribes... and for introducing among them the habits and arts of civilization, the President of the United States... is hereby authorized... to employ capable persons of good moral character, to instruct them in the mode of agriculture suited to their situation; and for teaching their children in reading, writing, and arithmetic" Excerpt from "An Act Making Provision for the Civilization of the Indian Tribes Adjoining the Frontier Settlements," 1819.

"[T]he continent is ours... all the lines from the beginning have been converging toward this nation... [W]hen the choice seed was planted on these shores, it was in reality the great stride of the human race onward... [I]t is simply the plain, sober fact that the forward thought of the world in civilization, in governmernt, in liberty, in education and in religion is on this continent." from The Home Missionary, 1867.

Which idea do all three statements have in common:

a
All three statements shows that white Americans did not consider native people to be fully human.
b
All three statements suggest that white settlers and missionaries are coming to the west to save the native people.
c
The three statements claim that native people had no "civilization" of their own.
d
The three statements explain why white settlers deserved land where Native Americans had lived for centuries.