<span>The political environment of North and south America were affected by the rise of personalist leaders, the revival of Native American resistance and immigration that time. The nations like U.S., Brazil and Argentina experienced hardships in managing themselves under new constitutions. </span>
Traders who traveled to the Yoruba homeland were probably most interested in obtaining "<span>a. corn", since this was a product that was almost impossible to grow in their homeland, and one that supplied a decent amount of nutrients. </span>