A.) Spain
because in 1844 thats when spain controlled present-day California, Nevada, and Utah; and parts of present-day Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
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Answer:
Theodore Judah
Explanation:
Judah was an American railroad and civil engineer who lobbied Congress to pass the Transcontinental Railroad Act with the purpose of building a railroad that would link the Mississippi River Valley to the Pacific coast
To answer the first question, slaves in African communities were held as equals and in American communities they are treated as an object no a person. (I hope that helped)