The occupation, separation and annexation were from the inception other movement to its final consummation, a conspiracy to acquire territory out of which slave states might be formed for the American union. -Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 1885. Based on the excerpt what action by the United States did Grant oppose?
a. initiating war with Mexico
b. removing Cherokee from the lands In Georgia
c. acquiring lands in the Pacific Northwest
d. purchasing Louisiana from France