Many people moved to California in 1848 following the <span>discovery of gold.</span>
Candidates are nominated by the President of the United States and must face a series of hearings in which both the nominee and other witnesses make statements and answer questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee<span>, which can vote to send the nomination to the full </span>United States Senate<span>.</span>
Answer:
To have a strong economy and military in the world.
Explanation:
The United States of America tried to become a world superpower by making its economy strong through technology, having a strong military with advance weapons and has great influence on other countries. Strong economy enables United States of America to start wars against its rivals such as Russia, Spain, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan and controls the strategic points of the world to give tough time to their rivals.
Answer:
c) try to find new trade routes to Africa and Asia
Explanation:
Finding new trade routes to Africa and Asia is a good way to gain a competitive advantage over other European, rival states. This in fact what Portugal first, and later Spain, did during the later years of the 1400s.
The motivation was that the Ottoman Empire controlled the Eastern Mediterranean, and this prevented Western European nations from trading with East Asia and the Middle East with ease.
Portugal opted to look for new routes around Africa, and the Indian Ocean, while Spain decided to look for a new route throught the west, which led to the arrival of Columbus in the Americas in 1492.