I believe the answer is C, The pope called a crusade to reclaim the holy land
Lincoln wanted all the Confederate States to join back the union and he did that by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation which basically stated that if the Confederate states did not join the Union by January 1, 1863 then all slaves would be freed.
The federal government supported the interests of big businesses over the interests of labor unions.
Unions became popular during the Gilded Age in the US during an industrial boom. The government supported the owners of business during this period and practiced free market capitalism.
During the Gilded Age, the government took a policy of free-market or laissez-faire capitalism. This means the government did not interfere or create regulation of the economic system. They tended to support the practices of corporations because they were wealthy and had power. Unions demanded higher wages, government regulation, and better working conditions. All of these demands went against the thinking of the time and would have cost the government money and the favor of the powerful in the country.
They both discouraged contact from outsiders.
The empire was spit because it was believed that this empire had become to large and complex for one ruler to handle.
