I the early 1800s most Americans still lived along the Eastern side of North America. The midwest was considered the Frontier.
Lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so on the heels of a Union military success
Anabaptism is the name for several related branches of continental European lay Protestantism. These groups first began emerging after 1525 and were most prominent in (but not limited to) German and Dutch speaking territories. In German and Dutch the terms Wiedertaufer and wederdooper (rebaptizers) carry old, negative connotations
The statements referred by the question are:
a) It convinced the United States to dismantle its nuclear weapons.
b) It proved that a naval blockade was not an act of war.
c) It showed Cuba that communism should be stopped.
d) It brought the world dangerously close to nuclear war.
The correct statement is D. Historians agree the Missile Crisis was the closest the world got to have a nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR. Nothing before or after this came as close to be direct aggression from one of these countries against the other.
Statements A and C never happened: the U.S. has nuclear weapons until today, and Cuba didn't give up on communism.
Statement B doesn't fit the facts around the Missile Crisis. The naval blockade didn't lead to war only because the U.S. was defensive.
D: Gold seekers came from all over the world and became permanent residents