Answer:
A. The election of Barack Obama
Explanation:
Post racial era refers to the United States being free from racial discrimination, segregation and preference.
Barack Obama was elected President of the United State in 2008 and was regarded as the first black president of the county. This made people to conclude that the United States has truly reached its post racial era.
It focuses on broad issues such as GDP, unemployment, inflation, interest rates etc.
The First Continental Congress helped unite the separate colonies
N the late 19th century people like Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge felt America should expand beyond its borders for all of the following reasons except "<span>b. as an extension of manifest destiny" since this mindset only applied to furthering US borders in the continental US. </span>
The northern lawmakers needed the state to join the union instead of the confederacy, because if they joined the confederacy, the Union would be weaker. They got the Missouri on their side by allowing it to hold slaves (but that could easily be overturned, so getting the state was more of a priority than having slavery or not)
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