“Manifest Destiny” meant
a. the United States was superior to all other nations.
b. the United States was fated to become the world’s most powerful country.
c. it was the obvious mission of the United States to expand to the Pacific coast.
d. slavery was destined to die out, peacefully or by war.
e. all of these choices.
ANS: C
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