To avoid policies that would draw the U.S into international conflict.
Manifest Destiny basically mean, "EVERYONE MOVE TO THE WEST NOW!" But with no slaves, how would they create farms to maintain themselves? Easy: expand slavery. However, this was battled against by several sources to create the Compromise of 1850. The compromise delayed the Civil War, despite politicians knowing it will eventually happen. It bought them time-- that was important! Other new states like Nebraska and Kansas were allowed to allow slavery or not. This eventually grew to where the North had no slavery and the South did, which lead to the Civil War.
The answer is C.
As a science website says, "Scientists think they know why the Ancestral Puebloans disappeared. The primary culprit, studies suggest, was a megadrought that would have made it impossible to grow enough food to feed the tens of thousands of people living in the region."
If you didn't know, drought represents the lack of rain.
Secretary of State John hay was an advocate of "<span>A. an open door with China" (also known as an "open door policy" since by this time China had become a powerful economic force. </span>
Answer:
They were forced to live in concentration camps in the western interior of the country.
