In the Context of the War with Mexico, Leading Intellectuals

question 46

Multiple Choice

In the context of the war with Mexico, leading intellectuals such as Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, and William Lloyd Garrison:

• A)opposed the war on the grounds that it would perpetuate slavery.
• B)supported the war because they thought America would lose and the support for slavery in America would slowly die out.
• C)supported the war because they thought that America needed the land, but they feared that slavery would expand even further.
• D)opposed the war on strategic, political grounds.
• E)opposed the war because they believed the United States did not have the economic resources to sustain such a war.

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