They had to limit their army severely and pay heavy reparations which crippled the nation.
The answer for this is "Compromise of 1850".
The Compromise of 1850 is a set of laws dealing with the issue of slavery. California was admitted as a free state, upsetting the groups in favor of slavery and satisfying those opposing it in the U.S senate. In Addition, California abolished the slave trade by entering the Union as a free (no slavery) state.
Esperanza grows and matures in several ways. At the beginning of the novel, she is a wealthy girl without a trouble in the world and is largely ignorant to the problems of people around her. She is forced to leave behind everything she knows and overnight, goes from a carefree young girl to a desperate migrant worker.
I think the one that happened as a result of muhammad's ali agriculture reform was : Focusing only on a cash crop can create food shortages and famine
By using crop only for commercial value only, the food would go to wherever the money is, not the one who need it
A. Delaware/Rhode Island is the answer.