To spread Christianity, conquer and colonize other lands, gain money, and compete in power with their other European neighbors. Also to spread their country's influence like their language, culture, and customs. This can be seen for example in Africa and Latin America where European languages, customs, and Christianity exists.
I think it was the crittenden compromise that came last. forgive me if i'm wrong.<span />
<span>Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War. Though the Union victory had given some 4 million slaves their freedom, the question of freed blacks’ status in the postwar South was still very much unresolved. Under black codes, many states required blacks to sign yearly labor contracts; if they refused, they risked being arrested, fined and forced into unpaid labor. Outrage over black codes helped undermine support for President Andrew Johnson and the Republican Party.</span>
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1.Germany sank many American merchant ships around the British Isles.
2. The zimmerman telegram, The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. If the United States entered World War I against Germany, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. Which angered the Americans