Answer:
you don't have the choices on here
Explanation:
That would be cowboys, my dear friend.
In South America, there are many corrupt governments and violent gangs. The governments were put there by the Soviets or Americans. It was the Cold War (which was about influence) and so they put many governments in charge. This lead to mass immigration to the U.S were life was easier and Texas just so happened to have the largest border with Mexico than any other state.
Answer: The cause of the U.S. participation was pirates from the Barbary States seizing American merchant ships and holding the crews for ransom, demanding the U.S. pay tribute to the Barbary rulers. United States President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay this tribute. Sweden had been at war with the Tripolitans since 1800.
Answer:
The correct answer is B) Other country's possessions
Explanation:
By then 19th century, America was still a very small country compared to modern borders. However, many American politicians believed in a 'Manifest Destiny' in order to expand the country from coast to coast.
Small frontier settlements as far as California already existed and the idea was encompass all of the land between Canada in the north and Mexico in the South.
However, the major obstacle for this were the various North American possessions of other countries.
One example was of Louisiana, a part of land in North America owned by the French Empire. At the time, this was larger than the rest of the United States. Eventually the French agreed to sell it.
Spain was another major land holder in North America including the large possession of Florida.
