This is a personal question, so answer how you personally feel.
"De facto" means "in fact, factually" - that something is, indeed, taking place. It is customarily used to denote a situation which is not dictated by law ("de jure") but which happens anyway - so the best answer is A. Law - this segregation is not required by law, but it takes place anyway, for example for financial reasons.
<span>(D) is the most correct answer. Pinckney's Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo, gave the US shipping rights on the Mississippi River and transport through New Orleans. The problem, at the time, was that even though the Mississippi River was under US control, the southern part was claimed by the Spanish. This led to a border dispute: Pinckney, then the minister to Great Britain, was the creator of the treaty that resolved this dispute in the late 1790s.</span>
During the Cold War, there were many proxy wars and the war in Afghanistan was one of them. The two parties fighting within the country were either supported by the U.S. or Soviet Union. As a result, the U.S. provided weapons to the jihadists against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan who were supported by the Soviet Union. Later, Muslim extremists got a hold of these weapons and terrorist groups formed.
THE UPPER SOUTH
The Upper South was made up of states such as Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. Most southerner lived in this part and they engage in agriculture. Some of the crops grown include tobacco, wheat and vegetables. Farmers in this part do not grow cotton. There was also rise of industries in this part of the south. Manumission of slaves refers to the act of setting slaves free. There were more Manumission in the upper south region.
THE DEEP SOUTH
The deep south region was made up of states such as Texas, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, etc. Cultivation of cotton is the major work in these areas, because of this increasing number of slaves were usually needed for cotton production. In these areas, there were few free African American workers and little manumission of enslaved people.