Which statement explains one of the motivations behind Manifest Destiny?

Question

(pick an answer)

“I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free. . . .”

“These are the times that try men’s souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. . . .”

“And that claim is by the right . . . to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us. . . .”

“That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.”

Answer 1

“And that claim is by the right . . . to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us. . . .”