Oklahoma is the nation's<span> third-</span>largest producer of<span> natural gas, fifth-</span>largest producer of<span> crude oil, and has the second-greatest number of active drilling</span>
The correct answer would be C.
In the 15th and 16th centuries, an increased number of vogages occurred all around the globe, to longer distances each time. This allowed the western civilization to stablish contact with the rest of Africa, America and Oceania.
The ability to travel further distances came because 2 things: the development of better ships, such as the galleon, and the advancements in navigation technology, which allowed the ship to reach it's destination even in months-long journeys across the ocean. The astrolable was one of such technological advances, allowing the sailors to identify the position of a celestial body in the sky, and triangulate the position of the ship from that information.
Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America's southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation. ... The slave economy had been very good to American prosperity
The constitution explicitly assigned the president the power to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, and ask for the written opinion of their cabinet, conveve or adjourn congress, grant reprieves and pardons, and receive ambassadors.