The desire by American southerners to acquire Florida
A. led to war between the United States and Spain in 1812.
B. was fervently attacked by leaders such as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
C. was unfulfilled until the 1830s.
D. was intended to reduce the presence of the British in America.
E. was partly motivated by the number of runaway slaves who escaped there.
E
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