When It Became Clear That the United States Would Be

Multiple Choice

When it became clear that the United States would be victorious in the Mexican-American War, what did Ralph Waldo Emerson imply when he stated that "Mexico will poison us"?

A) Expansion into Mexican territory would revive sectional tensions.
B) Annexing all of Mexico would increase immigration of poor and undesirable Irish immigrants to the United States and its new territories.
C) Competition from Mexican industry would harm the nation's manufacturing industry.
D) New territory acquired from Mexico would damage the slaveholding interests of expansionists in the South.