<span>"B. Americans who believed in Manifest Destiny wanted to spread the American way of life" is the best answer. President Polk was a major proponent of Manifest Destiny. </span>
To allow American merchant ships to access war zones
Radicals (those who desired change) in the legislative assembly were called ‘left-wing’
whereas conservatives in the legislative (those who wanted to maintain status-quo) were called ‘right wing’.