Within the ideology of Manifest Destiny were all the following beliefs EXCEPT that
A. United States expansion was acceptable so long as it stayed out of Mexico and Canada.
B. the United States should create a vast new "empire of liberty."
C. the growth of the United States was not selfish but altruistic.
D. the United States was destined by God and history to expand in size.
E. None of these answers is correct, as all of these were beliefs encompassed by the ideology of Manifest Destiny.
Answer: A
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