In General Wheelers own words, "this terrible catastrophe [sinking of the Maine] though not the cause of the outbreak of hostilities, certainly hastened the action of Congress in its declaration of war against Spain." According to Wheeler the Spains actions in Cuba were already leading to war between Spain and the US. The sinking of the Maine was the final straw that decided the congress to vote for war. But war would have come without the sinking of the Maine.
Answer:
Forest is the correct option.
Explanation:
Sixty percent of land in Brazil consist o forest and the share of Arable land is 32 percent. It is also the most bio diverse countries in the world. The bulk of the Brazilian forest lies in the Amazon Basin. But the country is witnessing the loss of forest cover in the past few years. Especially after the 1970's it has lost 19 percent of its forest cover area, due to the construction of Trans- Amazonian highway and the growing population in the Amazon basin.
Land use pattern in Brazil: 32 percent of the land is Arable Land. 60 percent is Forest Land and 5.2 percent of the land is used for other activities. Out of 32 percent of Arable land, less than one percent is used for growing permanent crops, while 23 percent is permanent pasture.
The area of land add was the <span>oregon country</span>
Answer:
Plantation agriculture was labor-intensive, meaning, that it needed many workers.
Besides, it mostly consisted of cash crops like tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and cotton, that have to be cultivated regions that have very warm and humid climates like the Southeastern United States, and the Caribbean.
For these two reasons, plantation owners needed a vast supply of cheap workers, who could endure the difficult conditions of heat, humidity, and tropical diseases like malaria.
The best labor they found were African slaves: they were numerous, they were cheap, and they could resist tropical diseases because most of these diseases were already present in Africa.
