It was a way of making sure they weren't followed or shot in the arce as they were running away
Britain and France seizing cargo from U.S. ships.
Answer: Democrats, especially those in the Southwest, strongly favoured the Mexican-American War. Most Whigs, however, viewed the war as conscienceless land grabbing, and the Whig-controlled House voted 85 to 81 to censure Democratic Pres. James K. Polk for having “unnecessarily and unconstitutionally” initiated the war.
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