Which of the following defines manifest destiny?

the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.

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the answer is b.2008 and 2012 were presidential election years.