When Democrats demanded the "reannexation" of Texas in 1844, they

A) implied that Texas had once been part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase.
B) were consciously appealing to northern Whigs.
C) were seeking to take the slavery issue out of the presidential campaign.
D) neglected to say anything about the status of Oregon.
E) realized their stand would not be very popular in the South.

Reannexation

A term referring to the act of annexing something again or reclaiming territory that was once part of a country or jurisdiction.

Louisiana Purchase

President Thomas Jefferson’s 1803 purchase from France of the important port of New Orleans and 828,000 square miles west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains; it more than doubled the territory of the United States at a cost of only $15 million.

Democrats

Members or supporters of the Democratic Party in the United States, one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country, generally representing liberal and progressive positions.