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Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Topic 5.2
Who opposed President James K. Polk's aggressive stance on annexing territory from Mexico and why?
Democrats opposed it because they feared a war with Mexico.
Whigs opposed it because they saw it as an attempt to expand slavery.
The Free-Soil Party opposed it due to worries over economic competition from newly acquired territories.
Abolitionists opposed it because they did not want to expand westward.
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