Author Question: The Pierce administration's secret scheme to gain control of Cuba was stopped when a. Spain ... (Read 99 times)

jhjkgdfhk · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The Pierce administration's secret scheme to gain control of Cuba was stopped when

a. Spain threatened a preemptive war against the United States.
b. the secret Ostend Manifesto was leaked to the public.
c. United States leaders signed the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
d. Spain declared that it would abolish slavery in Cuba.
e. United States adventurers bungled their invasion.

Question 2

The primary objective of Manifest Destiny expansionists in the 1850s was

a. Panama.
b. Nicaragua.
c. Cuba.
d. Hawaii.
e. None of these choices are correct.