The idea of manifest destiny greatly helped shape the U.S. governments's policies of land acquisition, since this held that the US was "destined" to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific--meaning that the US embarked on a series of wars with Mexico and confrontations with Natives that helped the settlers move west.
It is B, George Washington.
Texas' annexation was December 29th, 1845.
Answer:
He was expecting failure and for his reputation to be ruined.
<span>New states were added to the Union.
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<span>The population grew in the territories.
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<span>The cattle-ranching industry grew</span>
