How did manifest destiny encourage westward expansion?

a. people thought their lives would be easier out west.

b. adding additional territories to the west meant more land and opportunity for settlers.

c. mexico did not want to give up texas to the united states.

d. it was more expensive to live in the eastern part of the united states?

Read these lines from "o captain! my captain! ". o the bleeding drops of red, where on the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. how does whitman use the extended metaphor to refer to lincoln’s death? a. whitman compares lincoln’s death to what the death for all the soldiers was like. b. whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of one of the army generals. c. whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of losing a family member in the war. d. whitman compares lincoln’s tragic death to a captain lying dead on the deck of his ship.