I believe the answer here is C
Answer:
Slavery should be allowed
Explanation:
As the US expanded its territory the question about whether slavery should be allowed in the new territories started to appear. The Anti-Slavery states and Abolitionists wanted the new territories to be free states so the balance between pro-slavery and anti-slavery was maintained.
At the same time, Southerners fought to assert their rights and expand slavery. A series of Treaties were proposed and in the end, the new territories were able to decide if they would be a free slave or not
Answer:
but it has no influence over what is produced in the market
International influence, also they had just defeated Spain when they begun having imperial ambitions, therefore they may want to fill that gap