During the 1840s, Americans used the idea of Manifest Destiny to justify the * 1 point A. Expansion of women's rights B. Beginning of free public education C. Gaining of new territories D. Repeal of the Missouri Compromise

Gaining of new territories ( C)

Explanation:

During the 1840s  White Americans used the idea of Manifest destiny in which they stated that it was their divine calling to conquer and settle in the whole of North America .

And this idea inspired the whit Americans to derive various means to remove and occupy the lands originally belonging to the Native Americans and this led to White American acquiring New territories in North America such as : New mexico , Texas and Present day California. they hid under the disguise of spreading democracy and capitalism to achieve the Manifest

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answer; (d) none of the above;