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The French and Indian war !
Failed compromises--Missouri Compromise, Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
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After the gaining of land following the Mexican-American War, the Missouri Compromise was thrown out. After that was a series of compromises put into place which essentially was putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. Each pushed off the issues of slave v. free states until the election of 1860. <span />
The answer should be the first one : a return to normalcy and isolationism. The reason for this is because they wanted to keep out of foreign affairs from there on out. Obviously that did not work out as well as hoped since Americans were forced into the 2nd World War as well as the Korean and Vietnamese wars. Hope this helps!
The correct answer is <span>b methodically purging potential rivals
In these purges millions of people died. Many of them would just disappear over night while other would be sent to Siberia into Gulags or to work until they die in mines and similar projects. He would even remove them from history by removing them from pictures and destroying everything they ever had or wrote or built.</span>