The United States should reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Manifest destiny was the idea that it was the nation's destiny to expand across the continent to the Pacific.
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Why were Americans hostile to mid-nineteenth century legal immigrants
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Americans feared that their jobs would be taken by immigrants
who were willing to be paid less for the same job.
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How did poor farmers feel about incoming American settlers
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they refused to sell goods to them
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What was an argument used by John l o Sullivan to explain the idea of manifest destiny
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The US was unique in the world as a democracy of people from
many different nations
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What did the idea of manifest destiny mean
The United States should reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Manifest destiny was the idea that it was the nation's destiny to expand across the continent to the Pacific.
Why were Americans hostile to mid-nineteenth century legal immigrants
Americans feared that their jobs would be taken by immigrants
who were willing to be paid less for the same job.
How did poor farmers feel about incoming American settlers
they refused to sell goods to them
What was an argument used by John l o Sullivan to explain the idea of manifest destiny
The US was unique in the world as a democracy of people from
many different nations