Florida took time in becoming a state because it faced the
same dilemma as Missouri as it entered the Union. They had to wait for a certain period of time
to ensure that the balance between Free State and slave remains intact. They became a state when Iowa was admitted
into the Union which was a free state thereby maintaining the balance.
It was "Thomas Nast" who used political cartoons to expose government corruption, economic crisis, and inequality, since he's the only person on the list who was a cartoonist.
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D.) Almost doubled the area of the U.S. and gave it control of the Mississippi River.