Why did Spanish officials have difficulty preventing Americans from entering New Orleans and Louisiana?

not to sure thinking it would be a hope this

in 1859, brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in harper's ferry. their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. abolitionist and insurrectionist

explanation:

the ansseer is going to be c i think