Question

The de Lôme letter:________. a. referred to President McKinley as a weak and cowardly leader b. blamed the destruction of the battleship Maine on Spanish agents c. promised Mexico all of the Gadsden Purchase if they attacked Texas d. was the first of the Cuban insurrectionists’ overtures for peace e. revealed the location of Spanish troops in Cuba

Answer 1

a. referred to President McKinley as a weak and cowardly leader.

Step-by-step explanation:

The de Lome letter was written by Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Ambassador to the U.S, in which he criticized President McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only about the public's opinion of him.