The Church believed that the Earth was made for people, and that it was thus at the center of the world. Galileo challenged this, and if he proved them wrong, he could challenge the authority of the church.
American and Filipino troops retreated to Bataan.
The only accurate statement about emigrants heading west in the mid-1800s in the US would be that "<span>D. Emigrants usually traveled in wagon trains of 50 to 1,000 people," since there weren't enough navigable rivers in the area. </span>