Question

Expansionists were people who ______.

A) believed the only way to ensure the country’s prosperity was to decrease the territory of the United States

B) believed the only way to ensure the country’s prosperity was to enlarge the territory of the United States

C) did not believe in expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean

D) did not believe in Manifest Destiny

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Answer 1

The correct answer is B:

They believed expansion was the key to the nation's health, that a republic depended on an independent, virtuous citizenry for its survival, and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land ownership, especially the ownership of small farms.