Answer:
B. To create a shorter route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Explanation:
This is because those who where shipping goods by sea from East to West had to go <em>ALL</em> the way around South America. Therefore, building the Panama Canal made it easier and took less time to ship goods across the sea.
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I would say who because it is calling for them in the context of who because they were just mentioned.
After Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the Montgomery bus boycott, it led to a citywide boycott against the racial segregation on busses. The March on Washington brought over 200,000 people to the Lincoln memorial fighting for jobs and the freedom of African Americans. Martin Luther King also delivered his "I have a Dream" speech there. The Chicago Freedom Movement was formed to protest segregated housing, educational deficiencies, and employment and health disparities based on racism. This led to the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act in 1968.