Key Content Review: Manifest Destiny Answers

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The philosophy of transcendentalism was based on the idea that

understanding is based on reason.

no one has the right to exploit others.

people are fundamentally good.

wealth should be distributed equally among all.

How did President Andrew Jackson’s policies affect Indigenous peoples?

They called for assimilation of Indigenous peoples into White culture.

They called for negotiating treaties between settlers and Indigenous peoples.

They called for the removal of Indigenous peoples from their lands.

They called for using the courts to take Indigenous lands.

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