Well the government would not want to take a state out of the union. so i would say it is C.reducing the number of its represenatives
Am 1. April 1945 stürmten mehr als 60.000 Soldaten und US-Marines der 10. US-Armee in Okinawa an Land, in der letzten Inselschlacht vor einer erwarteten Invasion des japanischen Festlandes.
Sugar, slaves, spices, tobacco, tea, etc.
Well it has to do with the way he said it