Access to the Pacific Ocean, it could be used as protection from invasion or used as a trade route to the Eastern Hemisphere. <span>Just think of Alaska (and it is just one of many examples): </span>
<span>Oil </span>
<span>Fishing industry </span>
<span>Forests for lumber </span>
<span>Gold </span>
<span>If Seward had not purchased Alaska from the Russians in the 1860's the cold war would have been a little more heated.</span>
Who sold apples for extra money?
Answer: Ronald Wayne
The origins and cause of the Mexican-American War are very complex, but in general it was started only because the US under President Polk wanted more land.
Confucianism is a Chinese system of beliefs (you could argue it's a religion, but it's more a system of beliefs and philosophy) based on respecting the elders and up-keeping the hierarchical structure of the society.
The correct answer is D!
A lord was in broad terms a noble who held land, a vassal was a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord, and the land was known as a fief.
