The correct answer to this open question is the following.
As every single presidential term in the United States, Jimmy Carter had his ups and downs, positives and negatives.
Among the positive things, Carter opposed racial segregation, supported civil rights movements, established the Department of Education and the Department of Energy, supported legislation to conserve energy in the country, played a key role in the Camp David Accords to establish peace in the Middle East, and supported the signing of SALT II, as well as to give the operation of the Panama Canal to Panama´s government.
On the negative side, one of his first decisions that resulted controversially was to pardon the draft evaders of the Vietnam War. A decision that was questioned by many. He found it difficult to deal with stagflation, high unemployment rates, limited economic growth, he had to deal with the energy crisis at the end of his presidency, and also with the Iran hostage crisis. And one of the tensest moments, the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan.
<span>Prior to the conclusion of the Seven Years War there was little, if any, reason to believe that one day the American colonies would undertake a revolution in an effort to create an independent nation-state. As apart of the empire the colonies were protected from foreign invasion by the British military. In return, the colonists paid relatively few taxes and could engage in domestic economic activity without much interference from the British government. For the most part the colonists were only asked to adhere to regulations concerning foreign trade. In a series of acts passed by Parliament during the seventeenth century the Navigation Acts required that all trade within the empire be conducted on ships which were constructed, owned and largely manned by British citizens. Certain enumerated goods whether exported or imported by the colonies had to be shipped through England regardless of the final port of destination.</span>
The correct answer is D. it gave president Abraham Lincoln justification to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Explanation
The Battle of Antietam was one of the most famous warlike confrontations of the American Civil War during the year 1862. This battle is remembered for being an event that the course of the war and an important victory for the Union since despite not having been imposed militarily over the Confederate Army of the South, it is known as a Union victory, which in turn allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, taking effect on January 1, 1863. So, the correct answer is the D. it gave president Abraham Lincoln justification to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
