The Ostend Manifesto, a Document Intended to Pressure Spain to Sell

question 32

Multiple Choice

The Ostend Manifesto, a document intended to pressure Spain to sell Cuba to the United States, was

• A) denounced by the American ministers to Spain, France, and England.
• B) urged most by those who advocated the expansion of slavery.
• C) delivered to President Pierce by Secretary of State William Marcy.
• D) hailed by northerners as the solution to the sectional crisis.

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