It can be great if it ends an inflation since it's good against an inflation. This is what happened in the US in the 19th century when a very successful contractionary policy was implemented to end a deflation that was completely ruining the value of money and people were becoming extremely poor. It's because it reduces government spending all at once.
The correct answer is (3) acquiring Texas and California.
The doctrine of Manifest Destiny was an ideology during the 19th century that expressed the belief that the United States of America was destined to expand its frontiers from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. This belief was used to justify the acquisition of territory and it was based on the notion that the United States of America was responsible for the expansion of modern civilization and progress, with its technological and scientific developments, to new lands. Therefore, according to this perspective, the USA not only had the right to expand but it was a responsibility to do so in the name of progress. For these reasons, supporters of this doctrine agreed on acquiring Texas and California since eventually acquiring them was a natural step in order to fulfill the goal of achieving the Pacific Ocean and taking Western civilization to these lands.
