Answer:
2) Check THREE that apply.
How did foreign powers convince the United States of the need for a stronger
federal government?
A Mexican army invaded Texas.
Both the British and the French closed off ports to American shipping.
The French threatened to invade from Canada.
North African pirates confiscated American goods and kidnapped American sailors.
the Spanish refused to allow the Americans access to the Mississippi River.
The Japanese were seizing land along the Pacific coast.