One could make the argument for any one of the aforementioned events. However, I would have to argue that the Louisiana Purchase was the most significant for a few different reasons:
1) Jefferson used the concept of implied powers in order to buy this land from France. Nowhere in the US Constitution does it say that presidents can buy land from foreign countries. However, Jefferson argues that this power can be implied. Due to Jefferson's actions, several presidents after him will follow suit and buy territories from other countries.
2) It doubled the size of the United States.
3) It initiated the US's policy of Manifest Destiny. This concept that America should control all land from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean was one that was introduced in the early 19th century. The first big land annexation of this time was the Louisiana territory (1803). After this purchase, the US would continue to grow in size thanks to buying land from other countries and war.
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be "</span><span>Almami," since this refers to Muslim rulers in Africa. </span>
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The correct answer is: "Communism ended":
The war originated during the time of the fall of Communism. The Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia was dissolved in 1991. This led to the creation of the countries of Croatia and Serbia. Bosnia was still part of Yugoslavia. It was a multiethnic country formed by Muslims Bosniaks (44%), Serbs (32.5%), and Croats (17%).
Bosnia passed a referendum for independence on February 29, 1992. However, the process was rejected by the Bosnian Serbs, who decided to boycott it. This led to an internal conflict between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croat and Serb side of the country,
