The southern states wanted to(govern) themselves at first.
D. to discuss plans for a peace treaty
A would be correct. The US employed “island hopping” or “leapfrogging” tactics as a way to quickly move across the Pacific toward Japan. A small landing force could decimate a Japanese stronghold and replace it with an American base from which another landing force would launch. It cut back on cost and time, since a fleet wouldn’t have to return to a base thousands of miles away to refuel and regroup any longer.
The administration sought to reduce tensions with the USSR/Soviet Union, China and Latin America
Though much has changed, the basic needs of human society have remained constant throughout our history.
