Answer:
(C) They wanted to find a cheaper and faster way to trade with Asia
Explanation:
The European countries wanted to find a sea route to Asia for their own profit. This would be to bypass the existing trading routes controlled by foreign powers and gain direct access to the spices and other goods of Asia.
Europeans also desired a direct sea route to Asia, because the land trade routes were expensive and dangerous.
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It happened in the 1800’s it allowed a lot more people to get paid more from their jobs resulting in a higher standard of living. This is where unions came in the picture, they wanted 8 hour work days and no child labor. The gilded age is known as a prosperous time for the nation but the government was very corrupt. There were corrupt industrialists, bankers and politicians who stole and benefited from the working class.
*The trans continental railroad made more people move west and created “robber barons”
*Since the government was corrupt muckrakers became a thing, the muckrakers exposed government corruption and such
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More land and because of the Gold Rush<span />
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