USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The following quote best represents the sentiments of which of the following group[s] of people in America? “This is no war of defense, but one of unnecessary and offensive aggression.”
A
Expansionists
B
Abolitionists
C
Southern Planters
D
Texas Settlers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Abolitionists believed that slavery was a national sin, and that it was the moral obligation of every American to help eradicate it from the American landscape by gradually freeing the slaves and returning them to Africa..

Detailed explanation-2: -Frederick Douglass–Abolitionist Leader Douglass’s goals were to “abolish slavery in all its forms and aspects, promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the COLORED PEOPLE, and hasten the day of FREEDOM to the Three Millions of our enslaved fellow countrymen.” How else did Douglass promote freedom?

Detailed explanation-3: -Supporters and critics often engaged in heated debates and violent-even deadly-confrontations. The divisiveness and animosity fueled by the movement, along with other factors, led to the Civil War and ultimately the end of slavery in America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although the Quakers of Pennsylvania had opposed slavery from its inception and stressed the importance of ending sinful practices and upholding the activities God wanted in society, there was no national movement in America until William Lloyd Garrison began his crusade in the early 1830s.

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