“The political geography of this nation was a product of various treaties and acquisitions that eventually resulted in the country extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.”
So the answer must be:
C.) The United States gained the area between the Atlantic Ocean and Appalachian Mountains from the original thirteen colonies in 1770.
The Compromise of 1790
The Compromise of 1790 was a compromise between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson with James Madison where Hamilton won the decision for the national government to take over and pay the state debts, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital (District of Columbia) for the South. Hamilton's plan was to retire the old depreciated obligations by borrowing new money at a lower interest rate.
The Middle Ages was a time of extreme religious devotion and only one religion was accepted in Europe: Christianity, and also only one church was considered proper: the Roman Catholic Church. A heretic would be anyone who would challenge in any way anything that the church was saying. (even that the Earth rotates around the Sun).
The correct answer to fill in the blanks is "wavelength."