How did the Congressional election of 1810 increase the likelihood of America entering into war?
a. The new Congress was filled with merchants and financiers who saw war as an economic boon to the manufacturing they hoped to encourage.
b. The new Congress was filled with "war hawks" from the South and West who were intent on war with America´s old enemy, the British.
c. The new Congress was filled with anti-French leaders who saw Napoleon as a terrible threat to Europe who must be stopped.
d. The new Congress was filled with Republicans who had sympathized with Revolutionary France and were susceptible to Napoleon´s bribery and flattery.
e. The new Congress was filled with Federalists who coveted Canada.
b
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