False, because Bismarck decided to join and he did not push other states to war
I believe the answer is: To control trade along the Mississippi River.
By controlling the Mississippi river, Thomas Jefferson believe that they could eliminate british influence in products distribution to different states. He counted that the amount of products transported from this river could accounted to around 500 million tons of shipped goods per year.
Answer:During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe.
Explanation: In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.
Well, strictly speaking none of the options are correct.
This is a metaphor, and a metaphor for a country. It was originally applied in 1830s-1850s (within this period, we are not sure when) to what is today Turkey, but was known as the Ottoman Empire back then - so the answer is B.
recently it was used for Greece, too.