B identify key facts - you would try and get alabis or any other evidence that proves guilty/not guilty
The X,Y,Z affair was an incident between French and American diplomats where they were trying to make a deal that would stop the French from seizing the America ships.
(that resulted in a war known as the Quasi-War.)
Americans were angered by this because the French agents wanted large amounts of money just to stop them from seizing their ships
Why was Japan stripped of overseas territory and military resources after World War 2?
A. The United States need control of the Japanese economy.