I believe it was Great Britain/ England.
B. Claim new islands in the Pacific.
The Guano Islands Act (11 Stat. 119, enacted August 18, 1856, codified at 48 U.S.C. ch. 8 §§ 1411-1419) is a United States federal law passed by the U.S. Congress that enables citizens of the United States to take possession, in the name of the United States, of unclaimed islands containing guano deposits. The islands can be located anywhere, so long as they are not occupied and not within the jurisdiction of another government. It also empowers the President of the United States to use the military to protect such interests and establishes the criminal jurisdiction of the United States in these territories.
Answer:
He would have encouraged them to celebrate their racial identity
Explanation:
"I want to write like a white poet"; meaning subconsciously, "I would like to be a white poet"; meaning behind that, "I would like to be white." And I was sorry the young man said that, for no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself. And I doubted then that, with his desire to run away spiritually from his race, this boy would ever be a great poet.
Answer: guising
Explanation: In Scotland and Ireland, young people took part in a tradition called guising, dressing up in costume and accepting offerings from various households.
The three-fifths compromise was basically congress deeming that a slave was three fifths of a person. So I do believe that it is the first one: States representation in congress based on slave population