Basically it was length. The traditional route eastward to the East Indies was really, really long and in order to reach it more efficiently and more cheaply Columbus decided to go westward with the notion he would accomplish this. But he miscalculated the size of the Earth and that led to many problems on his voyage.
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On election day, Nixon defeated Humphrey by about 500,000 votes – 43.4% to 42.7%; Wallace received 13.5% of the vote. Nixon secured 301 electoral votes to Humphrey's 191 and 46 for Wallace.
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A. Elastic clause
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The original draft of the constitution of United States only have four pages. It is impossible to write every single power that the government can have to run a country within those 4 pages. This is why an Elastic clause was created.
The elastic clause introduced the concept of "Necessary and proper"
Meaning that the constitution will laid out the main power and duty of the Congress. The Elastic clause granted the congress with the power to do additional actions that is deemed as "necessary" in order to fulfill its main duty. As long as those actions are "proper" , meaning not violating any other part of the constitution.
Hey!! I believe that the answer is D. Ethnic and religious diversity!!