How did the doctrine of Manifest Destiny conflict with the idea of the West portrayed in Charles Deas's painting The Trapper and His Family?
A) Proponents of Manifest Destiny saw Indians as inferiors rather than potential partners.
B) Proponents of Manifest Destiny sought the eradication of the wilderness of the West to make
way for urbanization.
C) Proponents of Manifest Destiny rejected the freewheeling ways of mountain men in favor of
Christian values.
D) Proponents of Manifest Destiny derided hunting and supported the westward spread of
agriculture.
A
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A) Garfield B) Roosevelt C) Hawley-Smoot D) McKinley
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d. restricted only the actions of state governments.
The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to
A. gain redress from the English at the expense of Native Americans. B. compromise on the question of slavery expanding into the territories. C. provide for the admission of new states into the union. D. enhance the power of the central government. E. eliminate slavery in the western states.