Why Was American Expansion Abroad Not a Dramatic Departure from Previous

Why was American expansion abroad not a dramatic departure from previous policies?

A) The United States had looked for overseas territories since Thomas Jefferson.
B) The annexations of territories in the Pacific at the turn-of-the-century happened on mutually agreed terms.
C) The federal government had pursued westward expansion within the continental United States since the nation's founding.
D) While the United States had toyed with the idea of expansion at the turn-of-the-century, it never actually did.