In 1846, the United States went to war with Mexico for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. the ideology of Manifest Destiny.
B. moral indignation expressed by southwestern American expansionists following the deaths of American soldiers at the hands of Mexican crossing the Rio Grande in April 1846.
C. the desire to gain payment for unpaid damage tort claims by American citizens against the Mexican government for damages to Americans and their property in the Southwest.
D. the impulse to satisfy Congressman Abraham Lincoln and similar political allies in Congress to enact the so-called "spot resolutions" concerning alleged Mexican incursions into American territory.
E. Polk's desire to acquire California.
Answer: D
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