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The idea of Manifest Destiny could best be described as the belief that (A) commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its agricultural base (B) Native Americans had a right to prevent White settlement in their territories (C) westward expansion undermined democratic institutions (D) slavery should be outlawed in all new territories (E) the ultimate extent of United States territory was to be from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
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