Answer:In 1861, the United States faced its greatest crisis to that time. The northern and southern states had become less and less alike--socially, economically, politically. The North had become increasingly industrial and commercial while the South had remained largely agricultural. More important than these differences, however, was African-American slavery. The "peculiar institution," more than any other single thing, separated the South from the North. Northerners generally wanted to limit the spread of slavery; some wanted to abolish it altogether. Southerners generally wanted to maintain and even expand the institution. Thus, slavery became the focal
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I believe the answer would be A, Great Britain
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to form a bloc of western nations to defend against Soviet aggression
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As a result of the increase and influence in the expansion of communism style of government and ideologies spreading the Soviet Union.
The United States along with some other Western European countries decided to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), formed in 1949.
The original purpose behind this group formation is to "form a bloc of western nations to defend against Soviet aggression."
