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The answer is <span>c.He threatened war unless the South returned to the Union.
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wanting to not be able to see inside there food so they know all the contents
So that the Panama Canal could be built. This would make it easier for the United States to move their ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific and vice versa.
C. Less Food Crops were being grown.
My conclusion, given the paragraph given, is that the Belgians likely made the choice given rubbers value to plant rubber trees instead of food wherever practicable.