Among the many Americans who supported versions of Manifest Destiny fo

Among the many Americans who supported versions of Manifest Destiny for their own respective reasons were all of the following groups EXCEPT

A) land speculators and promoters of extending the railroads—they were attempting to exploit vast lands in the West.
B) farmers dreaming of starting over in rich and cheap new western lands.
C) workers who believed that rapid national expansion would guarantee industrial profits and their jobs or at least give them a chance to start over, if necessary.
D) most Whigs, such as Henry Clay, whose primary goal was a better-developed and prosperous—although not necessarily a larger—country with roads, canals, railroads, and industries knitting it together.

ANSWER
Answer: D