The 19th-century belief in "Manifest Destiny" was primarily used to justify which American policy or expansion?

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C) Westward expansion across the North American continent. Manifest Destiny was the belief that American settlers were divinely destined to expand across the North American continent, justifying territorial acquisitions and settlement from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

The 19th-century belief in "Manifest Destiny" was primarily used to justify which American policy or expansion?

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

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