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AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 5: 1848-1877. Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the idea of Manifest Destiny?
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AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 5: 1848-1877. Before the Civil War, the idea of Manifest Destiny was most complicated by which of the following issues?
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AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 5: 1848-1877. Before the Civil War, the idea of Manifest Destiny was most complicated by which of the following issues?
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There's the gal in the white dress. John Gast. Yeah. American progress.
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All right, which of the following groups
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would be most likely to support the idea of Manifest Destiny?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ]
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All right. Well, there were two big components to Manifest Destiny.
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The first was that Americans were uniquely virtuous
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or special.
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The second was that it was God's will that they
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spread these virtues across the American continent and abroad.
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So let's see which of these groups would mostly likely have supported that idea.
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Well, what about B - recently freed slaves?
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Mm...
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Well, the racist undertones of white superiority
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would probably make Manifest Destiny
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less appealing to recently freed slaves
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who'd heard their masters justify merciless
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abuse with similar language.
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Thank you very much. It's not B.
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Could C - merchants in New England have supported Manifest Destiny?
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Well, much of the American frontier was better suited for agriculture
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than a brisk exchange of goods.
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So merchants in New England had little incentive to move west.
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What about D - southern plantation owners? Hmm?
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Well, actually, southern plantation owners
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didn't really have a desire to pull up stakes and move to a place
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where society was continually shifting and changing.
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Which means the group that would have most likely
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supported Manifest Destiny was
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A - settlers migrating west.
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Even though many settlers moving west were motivated by economic or social hardship,
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a great deal believed it was their righteous duty to do so.
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That aligns perfectly with Manifest Destiny.
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And unfortunately, the idea that the U.S.
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was destined to make the journey west
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helped justify atrocities against Native Americans
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already living on the land they believed
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was rightfully theirs.
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Sort of gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "ego trip."
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[ aww ]
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