<em>Settlers believed it to be the destiny of the United States to expand west to the Pacific Ocean, justifying their actions at the</em><em> </em><em>expense</em><em> of American Indians.</em>
Manifest Destiny was the belief that America was destined by God to settle from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This let to the violent expansion of America westward. The crimes against the Native Americans was justified by the white settlers through this belief.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark helped open the American frontier to settlement by exploring the regions further out west. They mapped these territories and found accessible routes, so that Americans could move further out west and settle the land before the Europeans could claim it. There was also a smaller objective of studying the science and possible economic qualities.
Answer:
Nelson Mandela
Explanation:
He was the former President of South Africa.
He was also a social rights activist who became south Africa's black president from 1994 to 1999
