How Did the Congressional Election of 1810 Increase the Likelihood

question 103

Multiple Choice

How did the Congressional election of 1810 increase the likelihood of America entering into war?

• A) The new Congress was filled with merchants and financiers who saw war as an economic boon to the manufacturing they hoped to encourage.
• B) The new Congress was filled with "war hawks" from the South and West who were intent on war with America´s old enemy, the British.
• C) The new Congress was filled with anti-French leaders who saw Napoleon as a terrible threat to Europe who must be stopped.
• D) The new Congress was filled with Republicans who had sympathized with Revolutionary France and were susceptible to Napoleon´s bribery and flattery.
• E) The new Congress was filled with Federalists who coveted Canada.