The main reason why Pope Urban II made his appeal to retake the Holy Land from the Turks at the Council of Clermont was "<span>To secure his own power over the church" since it was wavering. </span>
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the aeolian processes (wind erosion) caused the phenomenon.
The Battle of Cowpens was fought in South Carolina.
The population increased as soldiers were returning home
I believe the correct answer would be: C. Colonial Expansion