Northern abolitionists saw which of the following as part of an aggressive foreign policy designed to extend slavery and thus the influence of the Southern planter class, to all the northern hemisphere?
A) efforts to seize control of Costa Rica
B) President Polk’s efforts to purchase Hawaii
C) Commodore Perry’s opening of Japan in1853
D) the Ostend Manifesto
Answer: D
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