Generally speaking, it was "weapons" that was not something that the British wanted to get from the Chinese, since these were easily made in Great Britain so there was no need to import them.
The answer is B.
The U.S. military is subordinate to the Federal (civilian) government. Note that the US Congress controls the budget, and that the President is required to ask for a declaration of war, and the Congress then votes to approve or disapprove the request.
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Answer: C. Rachel Carson
The Seminoles were a Native American tribe in Florida, they consisted of other tribes kicked out of their land. They launched raids on settlers in northern Florida and Southern Georgia, so I'm pretty sure if you are being raided by a group of people you want them gone.
Life in America during the mid 1800's was very complex. On one hand you have free and enslaved blacks constantly facing prejudice and discrimination in American society. Politicians all over the South used their best persuasion skills to convince white Southerners that blacks were inferior to whites as a means to justify the institution of slavery.
Also happening in America during this time was a huge amount of immigration from countries like Ireland. The Great Famine in Ireland that took place during the 1840's resulted in a huge amount of emigrants (people moving to another country to live there permanently) greatly increased the population of the North. Despite this increase in population, there were still many American citizens who were anti-immigration. This group was known as nativists. These nativists feared that immigrants would come into America, take jobs from American citizens, and would try to change the values of America.