When It Became Clear That the United States Would Be

question 75

Multiple Choice

When it became clear that the United States would be victorious in the Mexican-American War, what did Ralph Waldo Emerson imply when he stated that "Mexico will poison us"?

• A) Expansion into Mexican territory would revive sectional tensions.
• B) Annexing all of Mexico would increase immigration of poor and undesirable Irish immigrants to the United States and its new territories.
• C) Competition from Mexican industry would harm the nation's manufacturing industry.
• D) New territory acquired from Mexico would damage the slaveholding interests of expansionists in the South.

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