Because slavery was central to their economy.
The answer is eighteen thousand pounds of tea
1-Germany wanted to have an empire to match other Europeans
2-the alliance system started a chain reaction of countries joining and Germany also wanted to show off there new army to the world(militarianisn)
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be the ability for slavery to be decided through "popular sovereignty," since this was instead the basis of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. </span></span>
A.) <span>a scientist who helped survey the new national capital.</span>