Post a picture of your map, this is probably a regents question I’ve seen before.
Answer:
He had sent his advisors to merely purchase New Orleans and perhaps Florida. These two areas would give the United States ownership of the mouth of the Mississippi River and control part of the Gulf of Mexico. The Louisiana Purchase remains the largest area of territory ever added to the United States at one time.
Answer: increase trading
explanation: European rulers from the countries of Portugal, Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands wanted to increase their power by trading silks and spices found in Asia. To achieve their goal, they needed to find a sea route to Asia
I would argue that the primary difference was the introduction of nuclear weapons after WWII--meaning that the spread of communism could actually take over the world as opposed to just causing unrest in the US.