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The Spoils System, I believe, not 100% sure tho, lol :P
Cortez was viewed as a god to the Aztecs. When he arrived, the proficized that a white bearded god would come and visit them, and it just so happened that that happened during the same year. So what happened is that upon arriving and speaking with Aztecs they realized that they could not defeat them upfront with their own forces so they decided to ally with the enimies of the Aztecs. They couldn't have slashed and burned nor could they have destroyed everything in their path because they were too small of a force. And treaties were clearly not just as look at what happened to the Aztecs.
CORRECT ANSWER D formed alliances with the enimies of the aztecs
Cyrus' first great achievement was his conquest of Ecbatana, the Median capital ruled by Assuages. This event is first mentioned in two contemporary Babylonian sources: the Nabonidus Cylinder of Sippar and the Nabonidus Chronicle.
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Candidates didn't go state to state to campaign. They had major citizens do it for them, along with articles in the newspaper.
I think C is the answer as well it seems most logical lol