"As a result of some former Confederate states' refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment,"
Possible answer = Congress established military rule in the South.
Answer:
As a result, a Federalist-controlled Congress passed four laws, known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts. These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the President to deport aliens and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime.
Explanation:
Letter A is correct. Many are the reasons that led to the United States expansion, but the desire to extend Christianity was not one of them. The U.S expanded westward across North America, initially as part of 'Manifest Destiny', but also as an outlet for their growing population. They also wanted an overseas empire like the other major western powers at the time (such as Britain and France). And, that included new markets and sources of revenue along with a more proeminent position on the world stage.
The encyclopaedia created by Denis Diderot was the first one to include many different contributors to it and thoroughly described the the mechanical arts. The mechanical arts are actually many different fields of reality such as cooking, trade, agriculture, tailoring, and many many more.