Which phrases describe ways the United States acquired outlying areas?

Choose all answers that are correct.

fighting a war

acquiring the land

purchasing the land

engineering a takeover

fighting a war acquiring the land purchasing the land

Initially made up of three states aligned along the east coast of North America, a young nation made up of a small country comprising Maine in Florida and horizontally between an Atlantic coast and the Mississippi River. This small nation, however, soon develops a philosophy of expansion and expansion. This philosophy centers around the belief that the inhabitants of former British colonies were chosen by God to exercise world leadership, and nothing and no one could prevent fate. This is how it became known in this philosophy, called the Manifest Destiny Doctrine, which serves as an impetus for Americans who have left their borders to occupy the vast and almost unexplored west.

Answer: All of the above / except C