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newbem · **on:** Aug 7, 2018

The idea, in the 19th century, that the United States had a God-given duty to settle and spread its values from the Atlantic to the Pacific is called ________.

A) The philosophy of American exceptionalism
B) The philosophy of American cultural diffusion
C) The philosophy of American ethnocentrism
D) The philosophy of American manifest destiny

Question 2

The metaphor of ________, used throughout American history and first articulated by the puritan leader John Winthrop, became a symbol of manifest destiny.

A) Columbia moving across the land leading settlers
B) The shining city upon a hill
C) The glowing eye above the pyramid
D) The Founding Fathers signing the Constitution