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: 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