Northern lawmakers were hesitant to go to war with mexico because they feared

a. the southern land gained from mexico would end up as free states.
b. the southern land gained from mexico would end up as slave states.
c. that spain would reconquer a weakened mexico.
d. the strength of the mexican army.

- "schenck v. united states, case in which the u.s. supreme court ruled on march 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the u.s. constitution's first amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” "

- speech aimed to potentially create danger could be banned.

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