Question

Within the ideology of Manifest Destiny were all the following beliefs EXCEPT that cross out

A) the United States was destined by God and history to expand in size. cross out

B) the United States should create a vast new "empire of liberty." cross out

C) United States expansion was acceptable so long as it stayed out of Mexico and Canada. cross out

D) the growth of the United States was not selfish but altruistic. cross out

E) None of these answers is correct, as all of these were beliefs encompassed by the ideology of Manifest Destiny.

Answer 1

C) United States expansion was acceptable so long as it stayed out of Mexico and Canada.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ideology of the Manifest of destiny belonged to the mid-nineteenth century American belief that the United States is destined by the Almighty to spread the ideas of democracy and capitalism to the entire continent. This was used as justification for the forced removal of native Indians but it also created sectional differences over the issue of slavery. The territorial settlement with Canada and Mexico sidelined these countries fro the above-mentioned ideology.