Answer:
He wanted to make it easier for American businesses to ship goods across the country.
Explanation:
From a.p.e.x
Territory, the American's actually just purchased Alaska to help Russia out after the Crimean War, however, it gave them new territory in the Pacific region. At the time of the purchase, the public wasn't in support of it. However, later on, the purchase proved to be quite beneficial as Alaska proved to have oil reserves that the US can tap into.
A public good
non-excludable
non-rival
Ida B. Wells responded to the question of race relations by documenting the lynchings taking place in the United States. This was usually done by white mobs who claimed they were lynching blacks because of criminal acts they had done, although Ida B. Wells said this was more due to if there was a sense of competition between African-Americans and White Americans, which the whites did not want to see happen as it threatened their society and the institution of slavery in general.