During the debate in congress over president polk's requested congressional declaration of war against mexico, the polk administration was frequently called on by to respond to "spot resolutions", demanding to know where american blood had been shed to provoke the war. a) abraham lincoln b) henry clay c) thomas hart d) benton stephen e) kearney lewis cass

Abraham Lincoln

Explanation:

When Abraham Lincoln was a Whig representative in Illinois, the president at that time, James Polk, asked the congress to declare war on Mexico in 1846 because they were killing Americans on American soil. A year Later, Lincoln came up with some resolutions, knows as the spot resolutions sent to the House of Representative in U.S, asking the president to provide the exact spot the killings of American happened.

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