Question

Why would the South be encouraged with the success of the Ostend Manifesto?

a. It would expand U.S. slave territory
b. It would allow them to develop a Navy for the upcoming Civil War
c. The South had no interest in acquiring more territory
d. Many Southerners were looking for new vacation destinations.

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

The Ostend Manifesto, also known as the Ostend Circular, was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused. Cuba's annexation had long been a goal of U.S. slaveholding expansionists.