The main concern is that thousands of them would volunteer for the war to try to gain freedom.
The female part of a plant is called the pistil.
Does this help any? :)
~Korey
One of the situations that Roosevelt inherited upon taking office was governance of the Philippines, an island nation in Asia. The most spectacular of Roosevelt's foreign policy initiatives was the establishment of the Panama Canal.
The answer is Erosion, which is the the gradual destruction or diminution of something -- in this case, rocks. I hope this helps! For reference/perspective, sand is the product of rock erosion, because it's really just tiny remnants of crushed rock. Those "small pebbles" could be sand, but you'd have to emphasize just how small they are -- one grain of sand is just that: a grain