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What is the name for the belief that it was God’s plan for the United States to own most or all of North America? A. expansionism B. social Darwinism C. Manifest Destiny D. popular sovereignty

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It was the idea of "Manifest Destiny" that was the belief that it was God’s plan for the United States to own most or all of North America.

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It was the idea of "Manifest Destiny" that was the belief that it was God’s plan for the United States to own most or all of North America, since people thought the US was "destined" to occupy all the territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
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