Question
Territorial Expansion and Native American Removal
(Period 4):
4
Which statement best describes O'Sullivan's tone in this
passage?
Select one:
O He is excited for the future of America and its expansion.
O
He worries that expansion efforts may fail horribly.
C
He is eager to take advantage of the resources that may
be discovered.
O
O He feels that the desire for expansion conflicts with
American ideals.
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Excerpt from Article by John L. O'Sullivan in the Democratic
Review, 1845
We have no interest in the scenes of antiquity, only as lessons of
avoidance of nearly all their examples. The expansive future is our
arena, and for our history. We are entering on its untrodden
space, with the truths of God in our minds, beneficent objects in
our hearts, and with a clear conscience unsullied by the past. We
are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set
limits to our onward march?...
The far-reaching, the boundless future will be the era of American
greatness. In its magnificent domain of space and time, the
nation of many nations is destined to manifest to mankind the
excellence of divine principles; to establish on earth the noblest
temple ever dedicated to the worship of the Most High- the
Sacred and the True. Its floor shall be a hemisphere-- its roof the
firmament of the star-studded heavens, and its congregation an
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