SUPER URGENT PLZ HELP
After this State of the Union Address, the statement that the annexation of Texas was born of a "choice of the people themselves to share the blessings of our union" was (5 points)

Select one:

a. countered by devastating conflicts with Hispanics and American Indians

b. embraced and set the tone for further peaceful North American expansion

c. reviled as a spin of political rhetoric to distract from the imperialistic spread of the republic

d. upheld as a model for the idea and implementation of Manifest Destiny