Between the given period, the US increased in size having spread towards the west, while in the meantime fighting for human rights and freeing the slaves.
They were not treated very well.
In most cases all over the world, people who held the majority religion tend to discriminate against the minority religion.
The jews were forced out of several living territories in Muslim Spain, which force them to migrate into a place that hasn't been settled yet.
The answer is B rates of literacy in Europe
It was the Declaration of Independence I think