Opponents of the Mexican War claimed all of the following EXCEPT
A) the war was an immoral attempt to gain more territory.
B) President Polk deliberately provoked Mexico into war.
C) southern slaveowners pushed for war so as to benefit themselves.
D) the war was too expensive.
D
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