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How did Manifest Destiny contribute to American support for imperialism?

Americans were eager to settle in the Rocky Mountains and beyond.
Americans felt justified in expanding their territory beyond the continent.
Americans felt pulled toward new markets where they could sell their goods.
Americans were pushed by new technologies to settle the continent and beyond.

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User ItayM
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User Wildwilhelm
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Americans felt justified in expanding their territory beyond the continent.

Step-by-step explanation:

Manifest Destiny is a term that describes the general notion among the Americans in the 19th century that they are move and multiply across the whole continent of North America.

Therefore, it is this belief or notion that contributed to American support for imperialism in which the "Americans felt justified in expanding their territory beyond the continent."

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