In the late 19th century people like Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge felt America should expand beyond its borders for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: a. to offset European aggression into the western hemisphere c. to stake out economic spheres of influence b. as an extension of manifest destiny d. to safeguard its own interests
n the late 19th century people like Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge felt America should expand beyond its borders for all of the following reasons except "b. as an extension of manifest destiny" since this mindset only applied to furthering US borders in the continental US.