The United States spent $15 million on the Louisiana Purchase (about $300 million in today's terms adjusted for inflation), which was an incredibly small sum.
Those places will contain a large amount of people, or in their eyes a large amount of victims or targets. They think they’ll be able to conflict injury, or kill more people when the people are in a large group. Hence 9/11. The twin towers contained a very large amount of people or as they saw it a large amount of victims to get their views across
D. Great Britain.
Source: My World History Textbook
"Great Britain, which long opposed construction of the canal for fear that it might fall into enemy hands, benefited more than any other nation... Instead of making Egypt powerful and independent, the Suez Canal provided the excuse for a British invasion and occupation of that country."
The Roman Empire was one of the most advanced civilizations for its time. It used technology such as the aquifer, to distribute water into people's homes. It was one of the biggest empires in history, stretching from Europe to Northern Africa.
I believe the answer is: The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial and sentencing
In 1921, Sacco and Vanzetti were sentenced to death by the court for their crime. Many people said that the sentencing was driven by anti-immigrant bias. But the court had a really strong evidence that both of them were committing first-degree murder. So it is unlikely that the decision was influenced by nationalism.
