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The answer is B) Crusaders returned to Europe with new ideas
The correct answer is B. Philippines.
Before the Spanish- American war the Philippines belonged to Spain, and as a result of the war they were ceded to the United States.
I believe you meant (Goal and not "gold") if so, the answer is-to invade the North from the West
<span>The Japanese reached Guadalcanal in May 1942. When the allied forces spotted construction of an airfield on Guadalcanal, It was one of the most hotly contested campaigns for control of the ground, sea and skies of the war. Guadalcanal became a major turning-point in the war as it stopped Japanese expansion.
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The main reason why the border states did not secede in 1860-1862 was because they were concerned with the large amount of military coercion that was taking place in the South, and they felt that the South was ultimately unjustified in removing itself from the Union.