Answer:
I'm pretty sure it's c or d
<span>Hot summers led to a long growing season for cash crops such as tobacco and cotton which were labor intensive.</span>
Interest in HAWAII<span> began in America as early as the 1820s, when New England missionaries tried in earnest to spread their faith. Since the 1840s, keeping European powers out of Hawaii became a principal foreign policy goal. Americans acquired a true foothold in Hawaii as a result of the </span>SUGAR TRADE<span>. The United States government provided generous terms to Hawaiian sugar growers, and after the Civil War, profits began to swell.</span>
To "scour" means to clear an area or region of enemies or outlaws (i.e. "scour the area for our enemies and make sure they are eliminated). To "search" is to examine an area or region with the intention of locating something or someone. "Scouring" involves locating and eliminating an enemy; to search is to simply locate someone or something.
