In the 1850s, What Did Filibusters Like William Walker Do

question 44

Multiple Choice

In the 1850s, what did filibusters like William Walker do?

• A) They talked unceasingly in Congress to prevent the passage of any antislavery legislation.
• B) They spoke on behalf of the Ostend Manifesto.
• C) They led bands of proslavery "ruffians" into Kansas to vote illegally for a proslavery state legislature.
• D) They conducted raids across the border between Canada and Oregon, in an attempt to retake "lost" territory.
• E) They organized unofficial military expeditions to Cuba and Central America.

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