The US wanted it for its great Port cities. Plus they wanted to gain California from Mexico so the British wouldn't claim it.
Planning, zoning, and open-space preservation are examples of hazard mitigation actions in the "<span>c. natural resources protection" </span>category, since all of these measures have to to with protecting things that are already there, not adding new resources.
D. Some powers are expressly given to the federal government under the constitution.
Agree, without them our basic rights like freedom of speech and no double jeopardy would be taken away<span />
